On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 20:44, robin wrote:No, because "Internet" is singular. It's the subject as a whole which affects the verb.
Anne Wilson wrote:
"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).Beg to disagree. In this sentence 'most' refers to 'the largest part', which is singular."operating system", *despite* the fact that most of the websitesSAhould be "are", not "is".
on the Internet and most of the Internet's structure is built on
Unix, Linux, and other non-Microsoft platforms.
Shouldn't that read "Internets' structure" then? 8-)
In deference to people with low bandwidth and/or low patience, I'll post any more replies to this thread on the OT list, where they are used to my grammar fascism ;-)
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