Units of measure take singular
Posted By: kmj on 2008-05-16
In Reply to: You should use "was" as the 50 cc is a considered...sm - Correction
Subject: Units of measure take singular
verbs. See BOS pg. 407.
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Subject: thank you (it WAS singular)
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singular...nm
Subject: singular...nm
nm
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Subject: i mean, if bilateral is before is it singular and sm
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I have been doing this for 3 months but this seems to keep coming up and i am hearing it dictated both ways. Thanks ahead of time for any help :)
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