--- In [email protected], "Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <fairfieldlife@> 
> > wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > Remember that story I posted about a week ago which I entitled "A 
> > > Story for Judy and Barry"? Neither of you commented on it.
> > 
> > I thought it was trite and simplistic, actually, Rick,
> > and not at all to the point.  Neither Barry nor I is an
> +++   Does "I is" sound right?  Some of the modern English seems to be
> getting out of hand.  N.

Good question.  "Barry am" can't be right, though.

I had originally written "are," but that's not correct,
because "neither/nor" takes a singular verb.

I can't think of any way to get around "Barry am"
or "I is."  Suggestions?







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