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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Less than zero #69343 05/09/02 03:17 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams OP Pooh-Bah OP Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Why do we use plural noun and verb forms to agree with "zero"? Consider: Zero sparrows were seen today, but we saw one robin. Zero of seven lymph nodes on the right were positive for metastatic cancer, but one of eight lymph nodes on the right was positive. Seven of nine Borg prefer the taste of Mentos. ha ha trekkie humor Not one person thinks Joe is nice. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Less than zero Alex Williams 05/09/02 03:17 PM Re: Less than zero maverick 05/09/02 05:06 PM Re: Less than zero Capital Kiwi 05/09/02 05:08 PM Re: Less than zero WhitmanO'Neill 05/09/02 08:31 PM Yet another post about nothing Alex Williams 05/09/02 08:59 PM tat or tatting of troy 05/09/02 10:26 PM Re: Yet another post about nothing maverick 05/10/02 12:10 AM Re: Yet another post about nothing Capital Kiwi 05/10/02 07:27 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,331 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 802 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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