However the issue people have is that it should be "are" not "is".
So the question raised is: Is "the right people" single or plural?
Phelim
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On Jun 24, 2009, at 9:36, Jon Harvey <only.conn...@virgin.net> wrote:
Bhav
English is a curious language!
‘Whoever’ is singular – that is why it is ‘comes’ not
‘come’ (she comes – they come).
Re ‘people’ - according to Wikipedia:
Note 21: The word people is usually treated as the suppletive plural
of person (one person, many people). However, in legal and other
formal contexts, the plural of person is persons; furthermore,
people can also be a singular noun with its own plural (for example,
"We are many persons, from many peoples"). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_plural
So ‘is’ in the sentence is grammatically correct – although it
jars a little I know. Hope this helps – I am not really an anorak!
Atb
Jon
From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of
Bhavesh Patel
Sent: 24 June 2009 14:10
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Subject: [OSLIST] Whoever comes is the right people
Hi there,
Seen I started opening space I have been using "Whoever comes is the
right people" and quite often people tell me it is not grammatically
correct. Why it is "is" ?
Wonderingly Bhav...
From: Michael M Pannwitz Subject: Re: AW: Anti Laws of OST -
Foundations of OST? I mostly call them "Tatsachen des Lebens" which
translates pretty much into "Facts of Life"...and usually embellish
them with sayings that have been around for a couple of hundreds of
years showing that they are commonly accepted Facts of Life. The
addition to "Whatever happens is the only thing that could have" in
German is "Wenn der Hund nicht geschissen haette, haette er den Has'
gefangen." What I really like is that most of us use the same
wording as found in the Users Guide...hearing them (or seeing them
hung up spaced around the circle of chairs) I instantly know its
open space and feel comfortable and excited. There has been a
ghastly attack, however, by some nincompoop editor of "Wave Rider"
on the wholy grail of the "principles". While on page 71 the "First
Principle" is given correctly as "Whoever comes is the right
people", beginning with page 167 the wording of this principle (I
will not write down the wording here!!)has been horribly maimed.
Maybe its not too late to ask BK to immediately start a reprint with
the appropriate wording and to recall the entire first edition of
Wave. Greetings from Berlin mmp
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