Timeline for “The group of fifty people {is / are} going to arrive Thursday” - which is preferred?
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Apr 19, 2021 at 15:23 | comment | added | EllieK | The group of fifty people is going to and the fifty groups of one person each are going to. All that matters is whether the subject is singular or plural. | |
Sep 13, 2015 at 16:38 | history | edited | StoneyB on hiatus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Mar 8, 2013 at 13:22 | history | edited | avpaderno |
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Mar 7, 2013 at 19:47 | history | edited | StoneyB on hiatus |
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Feb 9, 2013 at 14:23 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglishLL/status/300248518600306688 | ||
Jan 29, 2013 at 4:41 | vote | accept | Nathan Wilcox | ||
Jan 29, 2013 at 4:17 | answer | added | avpaderno | timeline score: 7 | |
Jan 29, 2013 at 4:16 | history | edited | ctype.h | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Jan 29, 2013 at 4:12 | answer | added | StoneyB on hiatus | timeline score: 17 | |
Jan 29, 2013 at 4:02 | comment | added | Jim | How do you feel about, "The box of chocolates are on the table."? | |
Jan 29, 2013 at 3:45 | review | First posts | |||
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Jan 29, 2013 at 3:39 | history | edited | ctype.h |
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Jan 29, 2013 at 3:25 | history | asked | Nathan Wilcox | CC BY-SA 3.0 |