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Quaerereverum Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Three hours is

Hello,

I think '' is'' correct even though my subject is plural three hours. Am I right?

Three hours is the most impartant part of a class seminar.

Thank you in advance.
  

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Hi, The verb 'is' is fine. But it makes no sense just to speak of 'three hours' without telling us which three hours .. eg The first three hours / the last thrre hours is the most part of a seminar.

— Clive

  • Hi, The verb 'is' is fine.
  • But it makes no sense just to speak of 'three hours' without telling us which three hours ..
  • eg The first three hours / the last thrre hours is the most part of a seminar.
  • Also, I would speak either of 'a class' or 'a seminar', but not of 'a class seminar'.
  • Clive
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Hi,
The verb 'is' is fine.

But it makes no sense just to speak of 'three hours' without telling us which three hours ..
eg The first three hours / the last thrre hours is the most part of a seminar.

Al
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