FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThere are a finite number of seconds in your life and you just spent some reading this postmessage-squaremessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down116
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 · 2 days agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squarebottleofchips@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days 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
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