On 10/10/2013 2:07 PM, John Rose wrote:
On Oct 9, 2013, at 8:32 PM, David Holmes <david.hol...@oracle.com> wrote:
I'm unsure if it should be "is null" or "are null" given the initial subject is
singular and latter subject is plural.
The English major in me surfaces briefly to note that "any" can be either singular or plural: "Pick a card, any card"
(singular) vs. "any takers?" (plural). Brian's works well enough as a singular. Etymologically, "any" (like
"an") is a cognate of the word "one".
It isn't the "any" that introduces the plural but "elements".
David
— John
