grammer (was) Re: SC - pie and bread pans

Lee-Gwen piglet006 at globalfreeway.com.au
Sun Sep 24 09:22:21 PDT 2000


- ----- Original Message -----
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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