| Title: | The Joy of Lex |
| Notice: | A Notes File even your grammar could love |
| Moderator: | THEBAY::SYSTEM |
| Created: | Fri Feb 28 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1192 |
| Total number of notes: | 42769 |
Sorry Co-noters, I got another silly question (and even more to come...)
I had a doubt while writing 1143.0, which version is right: "the result
*was* 2 but a hundred synonyms" or "the result *were* 2 but a hundred
synonyms"? Plural or singular form of the verb "be" should be used?
Joska
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1144.1 | How many results were there? | BIRMVX::HILLN | It's OK, it'll be dark by nightfall | Thu Jun 01 1995 01:39 | 1 |
It was only one result, so it takes the singular. | |||||