grammer (was) Re: SC - pie and bread pans
Lee-Gwen
piglet006 at globalfreeway.com.au
Sun Sep 24 09:22:21 PDT 2000
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From: Balthazar of Blackmoor
One of the most
> important finds in the Pompeii excavation was (were?)
> a pair of Bakers Rings...
Was not were; you were right the first time - "one of the most important
finds" is the bit which affects the were/was. The find was in the singular
even if what was found was plural.
Gwynydd
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