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draelyc wrote:

K-Bizzle wrote:Decided to do the same myself.
First post coming tonight.
Will be subscribing to yours as well, always enjoy your angle even if the ed conclusion is different than my own.

Awesome, Kyle ~ want to post the link here so I can subscribe to yours, too?

And thanks for the kind words, mang.

K-Bizzle wrote:You forgot to drop the link here Paul.

draelyc wrote:

Cflat wrote:

draelyc wrote:

DoubleBarrel wrote:

"IS" sounds right, because it *is* right.

"Folks" is the object of the preposition "of" ("a significant number OF FOLKS"). Objects CANNOT be subjects ~ not simultaneously.

Either way, "number" is plural, one is singular. Any "number" of things is plural.

I'm telling you "is" is wrong

It's an awkward sentence to read either way.

No, "number" is singular. E.g.: "The number of printers needing repair has yet to be reported."

Trust me, dood. I do this for a living.

Chris, I think he might be right on this one. "A number of..." and "The number of..." are treated differently. In your example above, "The number of printers needing repair has yet to be reported" is correct because "number" refers to an actual number. But if you change the sentence structure to, "There are a number of printers needing repair", it is more like the sentence in question from your blog. Like "some" or "a lot of". As in, "there are some folks" or "there are a lot of folks". Isn't it plural in that case?

Then again, I'm not so great with grammar.

Dammit, that's an interesting counterpoint. Y'all gonna make me dust off my Harbrace Handbook, aren'tcha?

DoubleBarrel wrote:My Father was an English teacher for over 40 years. If you turned in that blog as a paper, he would have eaten you alive just for that sentence.

draelyc wrote:Oh, and Paul & Kyle ~ thanks for the links. Now following you both (if I saved the info correctly...).

draelyc wrote:

DoubleBarrel wrote:My Father was an English teacher for over 40 years. If you turned in that blog as a paper, he would have eaten you alive just for that sentence.

Mayhap he would've. He'd have needed a good burpin' afterwards, though.

(I don't even know what that means. Got infant on the brain... )

DoubleBarrel wrote:

draelyc wrote:

DoubleBarrel wrote:My Father was an English teacher for over 40 years. If you turned in that blog as a paper, he would have eaten you alive just for that sentence.

Mayhap he would've. He'd have needed a good burpin' afterwards, though.

(I don't even know what that means. Got infant on the brain... )

LOL Kids will do that to ya. Enjoy it, this is the easy part

draelyc wrote:

DoubleBarrel wrote:

draelyc wrote:

DoubleBarrel wrote:My Father was an English teacher for over 40 years. If you turned in that blog as a paper, he would have eaten you alive just for that sentence.

Mayhap he would've. He'd have needed a good burpin' afterwards, though.

(I don't even know what that means. Got infant on the brain... )

LOL Kids will do that to ya. Enjoy it, this is the easy part

Right now, I'm looking forward to the teen years!

K-Bizzle wrote:Gah fuck this thread bump reminded me I have a half done post that I need to finish.

DoubleBarrel wrote:

draelyc wrote:

DoubleBarrel wrote:

draelyc wrote:

DoubleBarrel wrote:My Father was an English teacher for over 40 years. If you turned in that blog as a paper, he would have eaten you alive just for that sentence.

Mayhap he would've. He'd have needed a good burpin' afterwards, though.

(I don't even know what that means. Got infant on the brain... )

LOL Kids will do that to ya. Enjoy it, this is the easy part

Right now, I'm looking forward to the teen years!

I guess if you started right now with some fresh scotch, it'd be 12 years old, just about when you'll really need it. LOL