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OT Grammer question
"Tom Gardner" wrote in message ... On 16/10/13 11:30, David Hill wrote: Around £10,000 were stolen from a house Or should it be Around £10,000 was stolen from a house. If you regard the money as individual notes then they "were" stolen but if you regard it as a single unit of money then it "was" stolen. It's niggling me. IMNSHO the sentence is referring to a single unit, therefore "was" is correct. Besides, it "sounds" more elegant. If, OTOH, you had written "£10,000 worth of notes" then "were" would be correct. GrammAr and spulling are they're to help people communicate and understand each other Beyond that it is a question of style and elegance. And no, I'm not prepared to defend that statement. You don't need to. It is self-evident. Steve |
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