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Repeating information in a text is a major source of errors. For example, a singular noun is frequently used with a third person plural pronoun.
It is not uncommon to read a faulty sequence like this: “The little family left the city for the suburbs. They took their three dogs with them. “Or this one:” The couple experienced difficulties. They are happy to say that their problems are now behind them. »
The singular subject family Where couple, even if it designates more than one person, must be repeated with an equally singular pronoun and determiner. It would therefore be necessary to write: “The little family left the city for the suburbs. She took her three dogs with her. “And:” The couple experienced difficulties. He is happy to say that his problems are now behind him. »
It also often happens that a masculine pronoun is used with the feminine noun nobody. It reads: “Many people were injured. They were taken to hospital. The correct sequence would be: “Many people were injured.” They were taken to hospital. »
We also often see the word single parent used as a noun, although it is an adjective. Moreover, this adjective is used to qualify a person, which should be avoided. The father and the mother are the parents of a child, not its “parents”. We write correctly parental leave, parental authority. But we will avoid writing about a woman who raises her children alone that she is “a single parent”.
The term single parent family is however used well to designate a “family where there is only one parent, most often the mother”. Being a single parent. This organization helps single-parent families.
We can also simply speak ofa single mother (and a single father). She is raising her child alone. This child was raised by his father. A mother head of household (Where chef).
That lead ?
Is there a word in French for leader ?
Answer
We can, depending on the context, use the names chief, leader, leader, leader Where responsibleif we want to avoid leader. Or say of a person that he is the head of a company.
But we shouldn’t condemn leader, “in use and legitimized everywhere in the Francophonie”, as pointed out by the Linguistic Troubleshooting Bank of the Quebec Office of the French Language. “This name, borrowed from English more than a century and a half ago, is accepted in French”, also points out the Multidictionary of the French language.
We can also talk about the number one. You don’t say “number one”, even when it comes to a female subject. The agreement of the cardinal numeral adjective a is always done with the masculine noun number. The number one tennis player. Please answer question number one, to the first question. You can also use the adjective better : the best team. A food giant. A superpower.