|
- There is are more than one. Whats the difference?
More than one man is still in the house Could this is be explained by the immediate precedence of one man? It is conceivable that the singular number of one man leads us to an anacoluthon in the next word is: we see a singular number and noun, and we cannot resist the pressure of proceeding with a singular verb
- One of those people who lt; singular or plural verb? gt;
The sentence about "one of those rare people who" almost has to have a plural verb within the relative clause: He is one of those rare people, and he believes in ancient myths
- Difference between hundred, a hundred, and one hundred?
Regarding one hundred or a hundred etc, the person saying that there is a difference is right - one is used more for precision but a is more common and employed
- A word or phrase to describe one plus one more than two?
The two parts of one plus one would normally equal two The original question was a looking for a way of describing a situation where one plus one equals more than two The original post omitted the word equals - but from the rest I concluded it should have been there
- Is Jack of all trades, master of none really just a part of a longer . . .
As for the suggested longer expression "Jack of all trades, master of none, but better than a master of one," the earliest matches I could find for it are two instances from 2007 From Drum magazine (2007) [combined snippets]: The full phrase is actually " Jack of all trades, master of none, though ofttimes better than master of one "
- one or more people - WordReference Forums
When usage and logic clash (along the lines of "more than one person has said"): We often hear this phrase, but how can "people" (meaning 'the plural of "person"') take a singular verb? Would you prefer an alternate way of saying this, such as "one person or more"? [This sounds quite awkward to
- Which came first when saying numbers: one hundred AND one or one . . .
101: One hundred and one 234,500: Two hundred and thirty four thousand five hundred Based on my experience, Britons, Australians and New Zealanders say the "and", and North Americans do not (ie "one hundred one", etc) I believe most other English speaking countries say the "and" Which version was used first?
- in class one, grade one - WordReference Forums
As we has only one class per year, a single number (no letter) sufficed As soon as I moved to secondary school, where we had more than one class in each year group, each class was known by a number (for the year) and a letter
|
|
|