Re: was or were?
Von: "Amleto, il danese." <[ http://casa.bestitalia.org | case vendita ]> [Profil]
Datum: 14.06.2008 21:54
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Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Datum: 14.06.2008 21:54
Message-ID: <485421f8$0$40162$4fafbaef@reader1.news.tin.it>
Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
"Anna" <Anna.abn@aon.at> ha scritto nel messaggio news:48539120$0$2243$91cee783@newsreader01.highway.telekom.at... > Hi all! > > I'm preparing a publication in English and I have a problem with the verb. > Here is a sample sentence (not the original one) > > 1) "Half of the cats were black" this is what I had in my 1st version - > the proof reader has not corrected it > 2) "Half of the cats was black" my grammar knowledge is telling me that if > "half" is the subject, I need a singular verb, i.e. "was", but somehow the > first sentence sounds much better to me. > I would use the singular 'was' according it to the proper subject, but I know in spoken english they tend to say 'were'.[ Auf dieses Posting antworten ]