On 2-Jun-09, at 10:29 AM, Assembly for the Teaching of English  
Grammar wrote:

> The result of subtracting the square of one number from the square  
> of a second gives the same number as is obtained by adding the two  
> numbers, subtracting the first from the second, and then  
> multiplying the results of these two calculations.
>
> I think it is the very length of this sentence that caused the  
> confusion and introduced the illogical verb "gives" referring back  
> to the gerund "subtracting" instead of the subject noun "result."

How did you arrive at that conclusion? It certainly looks to me as  
though it refers to 'result'.

Best,
Brett

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Brett Reynolds
English Language Centre
Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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