> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL
>
> >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.
Well, you've been doing it wrong, then. The subject of the sentence is
NUMBER, not TRACKS. NUMBER is singular; therefore IS is grammatically
correct.
I'd guess you also say "It is me" when "It is I" is correct.... "Who
should I call" vs. "Whom should I call" (unless, of course, you're
contemplating calling Bud Abbott's first baseman)....
-jc-
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