RE: Yet one more - really need an explanation for this one

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

John Posada wrote: 
 
> Is XY Systems the name of an entity? If so, you are right because XY
> Systems, even thought it ends with S, is a singular,
> 
> However, if XY Systems are multiples of XY, then the client is right
> because you are referring to plurals
> 
> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Deborah Hemstreet
> <dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com> wrote:
> >  Hi All,
> >
> > I have a sentence that reads:
> >
> > XX Systems were developed based on over 10 years of research ...
> >
> > The client wants:
> >
> > XX Systems *are *develo9ped based on over 10 years of research ...

More coffee, John? ;-) 

"Were" and "are" are both plural; the singulars are "was" and "is." 

Richard


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
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