I'm still an English professor. Shoot.

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > I'm still an English professor. Shoot.

mystes: May 31, 2006

Naet posted:

Incorrect
"There are a lot of people."

Correct
"There is a lot of people."

Could you provide some sort of source for this? This is certainly contrary to accepted modern usage so perhaps you can provide a historical justification?

(Obviously if you were a slave trader and there was a lot of people up for auction that would be a different story).

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mystes: May 31, 2006

exactduckwoman posted:

Should there be a breakaway grammar a/t thread?

You might as well just start a thread called "Ask non-linguists about linguistics" since that's what it would end up being.

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