Or should it be:
I and my family are very thankful to you for understanding our hardships.
I'd be indebted for any other suggestion in this respect.
2006-11-14 20:38:58 · 16 answers · asked by Bangalore P 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The first sentence is incorrect because "is" is a singular, and you refer to yourself and your family, which is a plural. You would need to use the plural "are" to make the sentence correct.
You could also write it as "My family is very thankful to you for understanding our hardships" because in that case you are using "My family" as a singular unit. In this second case, the "I" is understood as being included in "My family" and doesn't need to be mentioned separately.
It is common practice in English for the speaker to include themselves second in such a sentence. So, another alternative would be "My family and I are very thankful to you for understanding our hardships."
2006-11-14 20:47:35 · answer #1 · answered by englishxana 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is from a future English teacher:
My family and I are very thankful for your understanding of our hardships.
2006-11-15 10:24:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My family and I are very thankful to you for understanding our hardships
2006-11-15 05:31:36 · answer #3 · answered by Daffy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My family and I are very thankful to you for being understanding of our hardships ... would be the grammatically correct way of wording that.
2006-11-15 04:40:50 · answer #4 · answered by Jaded 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
For your understanding of our hardships, my family and I are very thankful.
2006-11-15 04:55:39 · answer #5 · answered by gallow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO: The correct way to write the sentence is:
My family and I are very thankful to you for understanding our hardships.
You always put {me or I} second not first and since it is both you and you family it is plural {More than one person} so you need to use {are} instead of is. Is: is singular, are is plural.
2006-11-15 04:48:36 · answer #6 · answered by JUAN FRAN$$$ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It should read My family and I are very thankful to you for
understanding our hardships.
2006-11-15 08:45:34 · answer #7 · answered by caroline j 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My family and I are very thankful to you for understanding our hardships.
hope this helps
2006-11-15 05:53:30 · answer #8 · answered by Shadow 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
On behalf of my family, I would like to acknowledge your understanding of our hardship.
2006-11-15 05:34:27 · answer #9 · answered by moombaziebo 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"I and my family are very thankful to you for understanding our hardships" is techically correct but doesn't sound as fluid as "My family and I...".
"My family and I" can be replaced with the pronoun "We" which is confirmation that the plural form "are" of the verb should be used, not the singular "is".
2006-11-15 04:44:27 · answer #10 · answered by anabelezenith 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋