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CopenhagenCalling Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Plural or singular
I know from Strunk's old "Elements of Style" that sometimes several things put together may take a verb in singular, eg "Bread and butter was all she served" and "Give and take is essential..".
My question is: how about the construction "a sentence or two/ a thing or two/ a yard or two" etc. Would you say " a sentence or two that introduces the topic" or "a sentence or two that introduce he topic" ?
Cheers, CopenhagenCalling.
My question is: how about the construction "a sentence or two/ a thing or two/ a yard or two" etc. Would you say " a sentence or two that introduces the topic" or "a sentence or two that introduce he topic" ?
Cheers, CopenhagenCalling.
Top answer
Hi, Use the plural form in such a case. Regards
- Hi, Use the plural form in such a case.
- Regards
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I do not mean to sound snooty, but are you sure? It really sounds so wrong in my ears to say "a sentence or two that introduce the topic", but then again I am not a native speaker! Please do not take this the wrong way, I am but a lowly worm, but it just..doesn't compute!
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