http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=1036 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:00:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=1036&cpage=1#comment-455367 Robert Beard Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:36:08 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=1036#comment-455367 I don't see the logic here but it seems to work. I don’t see the logic here but it seems to work.

]]> http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=1036&cpage=1#comment-455197 bnjtokyo Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:19:28 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=1036#comment-455197 According to the "Usage Note" for "number" in The American Heritage Dictionary, "'Number,' when preceded by 'the,' takes a singular verb . . . . When preceded by 'a,' it takes a plural verb" According to the “Usage Note” for “number” in The American Heritage Dictionary, “‘Number,’ when preceded by ‘the,’ takes a singular verb . . . . When preceded by ‘a,’ it takes a plural verb”

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