Lives The Life Of Riley

Aug 5, 2012i am confused when talking about a general idea using "our life" when sometimes i feel like using "our lives". A plural subject requires a plural object (lives), accordingly a singular subject requires a singular object (life). "everyone's life" or "everyone's lives"?

Mar 30, 2015i searched on google for "personal and professional life" versus "personal and professional lives" and the result for each is around 500,000 results. Feb 14, 2011many individuals lost their individual life. Or many individuals list their individual lives.

Each person has one life right? Look at it like this, 'he loves his life' and 'she loves her life' are obviously correct. I would say still life has undergone reification, which transforms it into a "standalone word".

Having an impact on other’s lives having an impact on others’ lives i just can’t figure out how the apostrophe should be used. "who lives there?" - this sentence is asking about the entire group (of residents of the residence) as a collective unit. Hence, the verb "to live" adopts the third.

Alert systems are important for the lives of elderly in home care. If however you wish to use the possessive of life, something that belongs to life, then use the apostrophe and s as with most.