Snow

[Jonathan Lighter]

The object of a preposition cannot be the subject of a sentence. So
"inches," not "snow," is (not "are") the subject, and "are" (not "is") is
correct.

JL

On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Bill Palmer <w_a_palmer at bellsouth.net>wrote:

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> Bianca Solorzano of CBS News reported this evening that "13 inches of snow
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> The expectations are for what: inches or snow?
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> "Is" or "are"?
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> What does the academy say?
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> Bill Palmer
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