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Subject: [OM] OFFLIST The Apostrophe Crisis
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:56:39 -0000
Is "Most" singular or plural?

Had you put "the majority of what she was writing about ..." I would have
been certain, but in this case, I don't know! 

Happy Christmas!

--
Piers 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Chris Barker
Sent: 22 December 2005 06:52
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT]The Apostrophe Crisis


Keeping me on my toes eh?  But I think, in this case, I'll stick with the
plural ... ;-)

Chris
~~ >-)-
C M I Barker
Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
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On 21 Dec 2005, at 23:40, Piers Hemy wrote:

> Care to rethink your choice of a plural verb, old chap?
>
> ;-)
>
> --
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Chris Barker
> Sent: 21 December 2005 22:19
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: [OT]The Apostrophe Crisis
>
>
> --snip
>
> And most of what she was writing about were ...
>


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