Should be singular because it is a hyphenated adjective (one- or two-sentence) modifying the now condensation.

Scott Lavitt

--- On Sun, 11/13/11, Jan Kammert <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Jan Kammert <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: plural or not?
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Sunday, November 13, 2011, 10:39 AM
> Is the sentence
> 
>                
>               A thesis
> statement is a one or two sentence condensation of an
> argument. 
> grammatically correct?
> 
> If so, why is the word sentence singular?  If the word
> should be sentences (with an s), why?
> 
> Thanks!
> Jan
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