On 03/02/07, Gareth 'bigbro' Eason <bigbro at skynet.ie> wrote:
> Gareth 'bigbro' Eason wrote:
> In order to forestall the pedantry undoubtedly forthcoming from my
> previous announcement, I propose that the first motion of the PotD (post
> committee face-to-face) shall be to debate at length, whether the
> sentence construct, "There _IS_ a number of reasons" or the alternative
> "There _ARE_ a number of reasons" is more correct.
>> I need nominations for one person to use their linguistic knowledge to
> mediate and another volunteer to stand in the corner loudly questioning
> whether it has anything to do with Linux :)
I'll advocate for "are." I'll also loudly proclaim that's the correct
pronunciation of the letter "r." You can now add at least one person
rocking in the corner muttering about the yanks and their crazy ideas.
Sadly I *would* do that except for the fact that I'll hopefully just
be getting into Galway to pick up my car so that I can drive it right
back to Balbriggan. If you'd like I can give you a lift home around
1am...
Kevin
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