Re: Help with sentence structure...

Subject: Re: Help with sentence structure...
From: Iain Harrison <iharrison -at- SCT -dot- CO -dot- UK>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 10:41:12 GMT

Sue Heim asks:
>>
Which of the following is correct:

...more may be required if a high number of records *is* retrieved
...more may be required if a high number of records *are*
retrieved
<<

How many numbers? One number. Therefore the first is the correct
version.

I'd rewrite it to say '...more may be required if many records are
retrieved' because that is shorted and clearer.

Iain
iharrison -at- sct -dot- co -dot- uk


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