[Lexicog] Re: categorization of nouns

[John Roberts]

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" <maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu>
To: <lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Lexicog] Re: categorization of nouns


> David Tuggy wrote:
>> Fewer than two of us is very interested in all of this.
>
> 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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