[Assam] Grammar/Usage - A number "are" / the number "is"

[umesh sharma]

some AssamNet members who revel in splitting hairs on word usage and grammar might like this: 

Many SAT prep students still get confused by this debate - a number "is" (or "are") in the library.

Many grammar lovers would love this debate. Though I am glad I used Fowler's English Usage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fowler's_Modern_English_Usage for GRE prep espeicially the prepositions like 17 uses of "of" and 23 uses of "for"  and atleast 15 uses of  "would" etc.

Umesh

http://grammartips.homestead.com/number.html

The expression the number takes a singular verb, but a number takes a             plural verb.




Umesh Sharma

Washington D.C. 

1-202-215-4328 [Cell]

Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005

http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info)

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info)




www.gse.harvard.edu/iep  (where the above 2 are used )
http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/



http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/
       
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