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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

A few days on the road

Hi,

Would you use plural or singular in the following clause:

I don't think a few days on the road is/are going to turn my life upside down.

Thanks,

EStjarn
  

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I don't think a few days on the road are going to turn my life upside down.

— RayH

  • I don't think a few days on the road are going to turn my life upside down.
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I don't think a few days on the road are going to turn my life upside down.
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Thanks for your reply, RayH.

I don't want to be difficult here, but just to get things straight:

Couldn't it be argued that "a few days on the road" represents a singular subject and therefore should be followed by 'is'?

EStjarn
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AnonymousCouldn't it be argued that "a few days on the road" represents a singular subject and therefore should be followed by 'is'?
You could argue that, and someone very well might, but it just doesn't sound right to my ear.
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RayH
AnonymousCouldn't it be argued that "a few days on the road" represents a singular subject and therefore should be followed by 'is'?

You could argue that, and someone very well might, but it just doesn't sound right to my ear.

I wouldn't argue very hard or very long, but it sounds fine to me (the phrase represents a s
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