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-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down115
arrow-up195arrow-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-square27linkfedilink
minus-squarebottleofchips@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day 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