http://macvaysia.com/2006/12/23/a-staff-of-one/ Celtic by blood, Canadian by birth, Malaysian bit by bit. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:33:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://macvaysia.com/2006/12/23/a-staff-of-one/comment-page-1/#comment-9285 Nizar Tue, 26 Dec 2006 01:58:52 +0000 http://macvaysia.com/?p=300#comment-9285 Thank you for the explanation. It really helps clear my confusion on these kinda stuff :) I argued about this with some friends because the Oxford dictionary I referred to suggests the same way you explained but then some books on English grammar produced in Malaysia explained their usage the Malaysian way. The authors' names sound like mat salleh so I just thought that it was acceptable that way. I usually use 'person in charge' for a singular 'staff'. I think I will only trust books on English grammar if the author is YOU :) Thank you for the explanation. It really helps clear my confusion on these kinda stuff :) I argued about this with some friends because the Oxford dictionary I referred to suggests the same way you explained but then some books on English grammar produced in Malaysia explained their usage the Malaysian way. The authors’ names sound like mat salleh so I just thought that it was acceptable that way. I usually use ‘person in charge’ for a singular ’staff’. I think I will only trust books on English grammar if the author is YOU :)

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