Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site denelcor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!denelcor!neal From: neal@denelcor.UUCP (Neal Weidenhofer) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Singular/Plural Message-ID: <315@denelcor.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Feb-84 20:02:01 EST Article-I.D.: denelcor.315 Posted: Wed Feb 8 20:02:01 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 03:43:48 EST References: <4780@rochester.UUCP> Organization: Denelcor, Aurora, CO Lines: 39 ************************************************************************** >"The space shuttle was one of the topics which was discussed > in class this week." > >vs. > >"The space shuttle was one of the topics which were discussed > in class this week." Try diagramming this one (Does anyone still learn to diagram??) shuttle | was \ one --------|----------- \T \s \o \h \p \f topics \e \a -------- \c \t | \e \h | which \e -------- | | | WERE discussed -----|--------------- \i \ week \n class ----- ------- \t \h \i \s A quick analysis also shows it: "Several topics WERE discussed in class this week. The space shuttle was only one of them." In fact, using WAS implies that there was only one topic discussed in class during the whole week. Regards, Neal Weidenhofer Denelcor, Inc.!denelcor!neal