In Nominative^x, Predicates^x, Plurals^x

"Who threw the stone?" (reply) "It is one of those who are angry." I don't think "one" is the subject of anything here. It's a predicate nominative, or "complement" of the verb "is." "It" is the subject of the sentence, and...

Avangi wrote: Good morning, Hoa Thai, I appreciate the research. I think your second example is a little bit different, but I'm not sure I can explain it. The gist of it is, ten years ago you might have gotten one or two was one or two." Or you could say, "The amount was two or three." "Norm"...

Good morning, Hoa Thai, I appreciate the research. I think your second example is a little bit different, but I'm not sure I can explain it. The gist of it is, ten years ago you might have gotten one or two was one or two." Or you could say, "The amount was two or three." "Norm" and "amount"...

I don't know exactly what you mean by "treating as a single entity". I was not treating -- at least I was not aware that I was treating -- peanut butter and jelly sandwiche s as a single entity. I think the answer you're looking for may be "Necessarily so". The fact that the predicate...

They're bewildered by the singular subject and the attraction of the plural predicate nominative.

http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/articles/media/1994_01_24_thenewrepublic.html Probably no "grammatical error" has received as much scorn as "misuse" of pronoun case inside conjunctions (phrases with two parts joined by is an object that requires object case, it does not mean that is an...