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than none of you am confused.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=044140723-17062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Ron
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>David
Tuggy<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 17, 2006 3:58 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Lexicog] Re:
categorization of nouns<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P>But if the two are of us, the fewer could be I, you, or s/he, could
they/it/I/you/s/he not?<BR><BR>--David T<BR><BR>John Roberts wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid000b01c6925e$4514f3e0$0200a8c0@johnroberts type="cite"><PRE wrap>Sorry to deflate the McSwell but "fewer than two" is not first person, so
"am" is the incorrect form of the verb.
Fewer than two of us is very interested in all of this.
is the correct form. David got it right the first time.
John Roberts
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Maxwell" <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:maxwell@ldc.upenn.edu"><maxwell@ldc.upenn.edu></A>
To: <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com"><lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com></A>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Lexicog] Re: categorization of nouns
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE wrap>David Tuggy wrote:
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE wrap>Fewer than two of us is very interested in all of this.
</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><PRE wrap>As the resident grammar expert, I can say that the *correct* form is:
Fewer than two of us am very interested in all of this.
Mike McSwell
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