Plural?: "I don't like girls who can't make up their mind. / minds."?

Answer 1

so that you have no headache. i will simply say that the answer is "mind" w/o an "s." why? because you classified girls who can make up their mind as one group. therefore make the possession single.

Answer 2

The proper way to spell it is mind. "i don't like girls who can't make up their mind."
Even tho girls is plural, mind is not.

Answer 3

Diagram the sentence:
Subject: I
Verb: do like
Object: girls

Not is an adverb modifying the compound verb, do like.

Same thing with the phrase:
Subject: who
Verb: can make
Object: mind

Again, n't (not) is an adverb, in this case modifying can make.
Their, a pronoun, is, in this case, used as an adjective, modifying mind.
Up is a preposition; however, as used in this sentence, it is not properly used, so let it go.

Answer 4

Minds..........the subject is girls which is plural......so there has to be more than one mind involved (well, most of the time anyway)

Answer 5

It varies with dialect to a large extent.

The issue is whether nouns that are possessed by (or attributed to or connected with) another noun are required to agree in number with the possessors or whether they have number that corresponds to the number possessed by each posessor. Does the possessed item have grammatical number corresponding to the number that all the possessors have collectively (i.e., do you have to multiply possessors and items together), or does it have the grammatical number of the quantity that each individual would possess?

Other examples:

"They barely escaped with their life." (each)
vs.
"They barely escaped with their lives." (collectively)

"If a million people bought a widget from me, I'd be rich." (each)
vs.
"If a million people bought widgets from me, I'd be rich." (collectively)
(Note that the 1st case is ambiguous, in that it could also mean that a million people chipped in on one really expensive widget.)

"All over the world, dogs are wagging a tail." (each)
vs.
"All over the world, dogs are wagging tails." (collectively)

My native dialect prefers collective agreement, but I've encountered many native English speakers who prefer the individual agreement. From a standpoint of which is "correct," I don't know of any credible authority on the matter. Pragmatically, it's probably best to pick whichever form is less likely to be ambiguous. I might say "All the dogs got a bone." to emphasize that every dog received only one bone but "Twenty people rented boats." to clarify that the people didn't all rent a boat together.

Answer 6

mind

Answer 7

minds

Answer 8

Minds. 'Girls' is plural. 'Their' is plural. 'Minds' is plural.

Answer 9

change the whole thing to "I like it when a girl knows what she wants."
Speak positivley and that girl will come to you