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Guest Posted 23 years ago
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'was' or 'were' (Guest:Bluewing)
Please, should "was" or "were" be used in this sentence.
XYZ was one of only three systems surveyed that [were/was] 100 percent funded.
XYZ was one of only three systems surveyed that [were/was] 100 percent funded.
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It really depends on what you mean. If you take English mechanics into consideration, then I would assume that the phrase "100 percent funded" describes the three systems because it's closer. If that's what you intend to say, I would say: XYZ was only one of the three systems surveyed that were 100 percent funded.
- It really depends on what you mean.
- If you take English mechanics into consideration, then I would assume that the phrase "100 percent funded" describes the three systems because it's closer.
- If that's what you intend to say, I would say: XYZ was only one of the three systems surveyed that were 100 percent funded.
- If you meant the other way (the XYZ system), ya should was, but you might want to reconstruct your sentence.
- Don't trust me though, I could be (very likely) mistaken.
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It really depends on what you mean.
If you take English mechanics into consideration, then I would assume that the phrase "100 percent funded" describes the three systems because it's closer. If that's what you intend to say, I would say: XYZ was only one of the three systems surveyed that were 100 percent funded.
If you meant the other way (the XYZ system), ya should was, bu
If you take English mechanics into consideration, then I would assume that the phrase "100 percent funded" describes the three systems because it's closer. If that's what you intend to say, I would say: XYZ was only one of the three systems surveyed that were 100 percent funded.
If you meant the other way (the XYZ system), ya should was, bu
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