FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agoThere are a finite number of seconds in your life and you just spent some reading this postmessage-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down114
arrow-up197arrow-down1message-squareThere are a finite number of seconds in your life and you just spent some reading this postFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squarebottleofchips@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 hours agoEither is correct because the sentence can be read with either number or seconds as the subject: There are (a finite number of) seconds… There is a finite number [measuring the] seconds
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Either is correct because the sentence can be read with either number or seconds as the subject:
There are (a finite number of) seconds…
There is a finite number [measuring the] seconds