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 > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the > list's web interface at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html > and select "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/