RE: Grammar of verbs for nouns with "(s)"

["Meyer, Bernard" <Bernard -dot- Meyer -at- arrisi -dot- com>]

Haha! I've created a MONSTER!!! 

-----Original Message-----
From: Lauren [mailto:lauren -at- writeco -dot- net] 
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 11:35 PM
To: Meyer, Bernard; 'Tom Johnson'; 'Technical Writing'
Subject: RE: Grammar of verbs for nouns with "(s)"

Well, following this logic, which I like, you could just extend the prompt
into an obfuscated oblivion.

-Original-
"Success! Your meeting(s) have been deleted."

-Mod-
Success(Failure)!(?) Your(Someone else's) meeting(s) ha(s/ve) (not) been
deleted(restored).(!? -at- $!#%?)

Lauren
 
> From: Meyer, Bernard

> Simple: just extend the logic all the way: 
> 
> Your meeting(s) ha(s/ve) been deleted." :)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Johnson

> In my user interface, I have a confirmation message that 
> says, "Success!
> Your meeting(s) have been deleted." The "(s)" makes the 
> subject singular or
> plural. This leaves me wondering whether "have" is 
> grammatically correct.
> I'm not even sure what the (s) is called. Any help here? Thanks,
> 
> Tom
> 


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