DD,

I learned it that way about ten years later.

Herb

Herbert F. W. Stahlke, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of English
Ball State University
Muncie, IN  47306
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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of DD Farms [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: June 16, 2008 8:32 PM
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Subject: Re: a subject-verb-agreement question

At 04:39 PM 6/16/2008, Paul E. Doniger wrote:
>And yet, all through elementary school, we were hammered with
>reminders that "two plus two are (not is) four."

DD: I know the catechism well, but I know it in the singular verb. It
is drilled into my mind, but with the singular "is". Question; What
is three plus nine? Response; Three plus nine is twelve. Of course I
learned it in 1936. Probably a shift of grammatical agreement over time.

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