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Egyptian2007 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Is or are?

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00In the sentence below, should I use "is" or "are"?02br
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00"What matters to this teacher 01font00is02font00 the decisions to do with the general policy" 02br
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0Either will serve. 0-

  • 0Either will serve.
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0Either will serve. Some grammarians (the worst sort) insist that '01i00what02i00' must be singular, but it seems to me that the notion of plural '01i00decisions02i00' outweighs any such consideration.0-
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0Does the same rule apply to "matter" in this sentence?02br
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0 Nope, leave 01i00matters02i00in peace050010id1

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