So I suppose you insist the number of the beast are 666. The phrase following the noun does not change it from singular to plural or back. There is only one number and it is what it are.
-----Original Message----- From: Ted MacNEIL [mailto:snip] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 3:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: MB to Cyl Conversion >SAY 'THE NUMBER OF TRACKS IS' TRK UGH! Where's your grammar? Home. Baking cookies (or dropping them onto your PC). I can accept 'The number of tracks are'! Even for 1. I cannot accept 'IS'! I actually check for that exception when I SAY something. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
