odd subject-verb discord

[James Harbeck]

My vote is for incomplete revision -- likely started out as a plural subject and was changed late in the game to a singular NP, and they missed fixing the verb. Common editorial injury.

James Harbeck.

On 2012-04-12, at 11:14 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> 
> Flub? Or clue to the future of Inglish?:
> 
> 2012 Michael Billera at
> http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/306660/20120301/jesus-discovery-tomb-simcha-jacobovici-james-tabor.htm
> :
> However, this new discovery have some people claiming that Jesus was buried
> alongside Mary Magalene, making the claim he had married and raised a
> family with her, reported the Daily Mail.

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