Timeline for Singular or plural: "30 subjects put(s) us"
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| May 27 at 17:38 | history | reopened |
DJClayworth KillingTime Mitch |
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| May 27 at 15:28 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| May 25 at 23:01 | vote | accept | MrASquare | ||
| S May 25 at 22:48 | history | closed |
Lambie Chenmunka Edwin Ashworth |
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| S May 25 at 22:48 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Does this answer your question? "Two are better than one" or "Two is better than one"?. Notional agreement is far better here; subjects can't put 'us comfortably ...' ... it's the offering / teaching / taking ... of 30 subjects that must be involved. There's a deletion, and agreement should reflect the notion involved. Choosing plural-form 'put' sounds infelicitous. | |
| May 25 at 20:15 | comment | added | PaulTanenbaum | I support your intuition that the singular, puts, is better. Another possible paraphrase would be Having 30 subjects puts… | |
| May 25 at 19:34 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 25 at 19:06 | answer | added | LPH | timeline score: 0 | |
| S May 25 at 18:48 | review | First questions | |||
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| S May 25 at 18:48 | history | asked | MrASquare | CC BY-SA 4.0 |