On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 6:44 pm, robin wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > >On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 4:27 pm, robin wrote: > >>HaywireMac wrote: > >>>On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:40:45 -0400 > >>> > >>>Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > >>>>I'll look forward to seeing your letter. Will you sign it JH > >>>> or haywire? ;-) Best, > >>>>Mike > >>> > >>>*If they print it...* Who knows where it will end up? > >> > >>Assuming you haven't sent it off, here are a couple of my famous > >>nit-picks ... > >> > >>>"operating system", *despite* the fact that most of the websites > >>>on the Internet and most of the Internet's structure is built on > >>>Unix, Linux, and other non-Microsoft platforms. > >> > >>SAhould be "are", not "is". > > > >Beg to disagree. In this sentence 'most' refers to 'the largest > > part', which is singular. > > "Most" is not a subject; the subject is "most of the websites on > the Internet and most of the Internet's structure", which is plural > (and would still be plural without the second phrase). > > Sir Robin
I agree that the first phrase is, but I took it to mean the second phrase, which is singular, being 'the largest part'.<g> However, this is totally OT and doesn't help HM's effort at all. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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