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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: There is / are a total of twenty insects... jenny jenny #211729 07/13/13 12:09 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: jenny jenny Yes English is great if you don't equivocate. Case and number must match. Unless you make up your own rules. Which we do all the time. Make up our own rules, that is. Back in the day when we had case in English, the case of an adjective had to match the case of the noun it was modifying. Also the gender. And the number. And are you saying that the case must match the number? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted There is / are a total of twenty insects... Lionel Koh 07/07/13 02:46 PM Re: There is / are a total of twenty insects... wofahulicodoc 07/07/13 03:05 PM Re: There is / are a total of twenty insects... wsieber 07/12/13 06:19 PM Re: There is / are a total of twenty insects... tsuwm 07/12/13 07:09 PM Re: There is / are a total of twenty insects... jenny jenny 07/12/13 11:19 PM Re: There is / are a total of twenty insects... Faldage 07/13/13 12:09 AM Re: There is / are a total of twenty insects... tsuwm 07/13/13 04:22 AM Re: There is / are a total of twenty insects... wsieber 07/13/13 05:38 PM Re: There is / are a total of twenty insects... jenny jenny 07/14/13 03:30 AM Re: There is / are a total of twenty insects... zmjezhd 07/14/13 12:54 PM Re: There is / are a total of twenty insects... BranShea 07/14/13 05:10 PM Re: There is / are a total of twenty insects... zmjezhd 07/14/13 05:16 PM Re: There is / are a total of twenty insects... jenny jenny 07/15/13 02:52 AM Re: There is / are a total of twenty insects... BranShea 07/15/13 01:41 PM Re: There is / are a total of twenty insects... Faldage 07/13/13 11:50 AM Re: There is / are a total of twenty insects... Faldage 07/14/13 10:11 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,127 Members9,198 Most Online4,270 Aug 30th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 2,808 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 16 LukeJavan8 2 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,032 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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