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Here's one that's being hotly debated in our
department. None of us can find any authoritative
answer.
There are two types of cars on the road today.
--or--
There are two types of car on the road today.
I favor the second version, as I feel "type" is
the subject that must agree in number. I think we
may have grown comfortable with the first version,
since our ear almost glosses over the "types of"
and wants to make "car" the subject, and hence
plural.
