This was the question:
Which do you prefer?
Your savings is $0.50. 38 (51%)
Your savings are $0.50. 36 (48%)
That's pretty close. That's not unexpected because both are allowed.
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In 2009 and 2010, The Writer published 20 online columns and one print article of mine. These essays covered everything from semicolons to wordiness. The full text of all 21 are here on my blog!
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- Poll Results 59
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3 comments:
An interesting poll. "Your savings is. . " is much harder to say because of the double 's' sound.
Where are you, Sentence Sleuth? It's been a whole week without a new criminal sentence! We miss you!
I missed you, too!
I was in Italy. Gelato, gelato, gelato. :) I also highly recommend Pompeii. Amazing.
Once I'm awake I'll get back to business.
Domani, io penso. (Tomorrow, I think.)
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