Sentence Correction

203. Carpenters, dentists, sewing machine operators, needlepointers, piano players, and indeed anyone who works with their hands for long hours can get carpal tunnel syndrome.
(A) anyone who works
(B) anyone working
(C) workers
(D) those for whom work is
(E) any people who work
Answer is E

What is the difference between "anyone who works" and "any people who work"

They could have given better options..

isisalaska wrote:What is the difference between "anyone who works" and "any people who work"

difference is: one is singular and the other is plural
still i personally dont like "any people" but then we dont have better options.

(I would like to raise this question to any SC guru that:
Isnt "anyone who work" would have been a better choice than the options presented?

Anyways

"any" can be used in both singular as well as in plural forms however "every" is singular

[note this, it's very imp]

I agree on the difference between the singluar and plural form in the sentence. There was a mismatch.

limits660 wrote:I agree on the difference between the singluar and plural form in the sentence. There was a mismatch.

In my opinion, this is a kind of pronoun question, "any people" refers to the carpenters or masons. Hence "any people who work" is best choice for this question

senthil

Stacey Koprince wrote:Horrible question. Don't study it.

Do learn the lesson that relative pronouns (everyone, anybody, etc.) are SINGULAR. Cannot use the plural pronoun "their" with these pronouns. Everyone does this in everyday life, however, so people think it's fine, when it's grammatically incorrect - and the test writers love to test the rule for this reason.

Thank You so much for that. "Horrible question."....Im glad Im not the only one who thinks so .("only one" is singluar right? )