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Is the sentence "for feedbacks given by ourself, there need to be measurable goals" grammatically correct?

English Language & Usage Asked on January 17, 2021

I would like the convey the message that feedbacks given by ourselves as individuals (ourself) need to have measurable goals.

  1. Is the usage of ‘ourself’ correct?
  2. Is the verb ‘need’ agreeing with the correct subject ‘feedbacks given from ourself?’
  3. When using the dummy pronoun ‘there’, is there a rule saying that we need to use the singular tense?

One Answer

  1. Your usage of "ourself" sounds wrong, but it sounds awkward no matter how I phrase it, so I would recommend rephrasing the start of the sentence. If you are referring to the group as a whole, you should use "we", like "Our feedback should have ..." or "When we give feedback, it needs to have ...". If you are referring to a general or hypothetical individual then you should use the pronoun "you" informally and the pronoun "one" formally.

2 & 3. The verb "need" should agree with "there", because "there" is technically the subject of the independent clause "there needs to be ...".

Answered by guest on January 17, 2021

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