Timeline for "Equal" versus "Equals"
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| Apr 25, 2014 at 15:42 | comment | added | David Richerby | "Three feet are equal to a yard" would mean, "This foot is equal to a yard, this other foot is equal to a yard and so is this third foot. Other feet are not equal to a yard." That doesn't seem right. | |
| Apr 25, 2014 at 15:16 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 25, 2014 at 14:34 | comment | added | chapka | And in "Three feet equal(s) one yard," "three feet" is the subject, and is neither unambiguously singular (since in this context it might be referring to three units of one foot) or plural (since we know it is treated as singular in most other contexts). | |
| Apr 25, 2014 at 14:31 | comment | added | msam | In "A distance of three feet is", "distance" is the subject and is singular, in "Three of the items known as feet are", the "items" are the subject and in plural. There is no ambiguity there. | |
| Apr 25, 2014 at 14:27 | history | answered | chapka | CC BY-SA 3.0 |