cvs commit: www/en about.sgml

[Ceri Davies]

On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 01:01:27PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:

> Yes, but since you are using a linking verb, subject == object.  Either both 
> are singular or both are plural.  See John Hein's excellent followup.  I 
> think the real solution is to reword the darn thing as it reads awkward with 
> the current arrangement regardless of is/are. :)

Agreed.

> I think "all you need" is a very ambiguous phrase which is the problem.  If I 
> said "All style books are dumb."  It's very clear that "books" is the root 
> subject and is plural.

Well, you wouldn't get much argument there :)

Ceri
-- 
That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
                                                  -- Moliere
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