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Rule of thumb - the subject of the sentence is cats and dogs, therefore, the basic sentence is "There are cats and dogs." - "a small number" and "in the yard" merely qualifies the subject. If you make it "There is cats and dogs" it doesn't work. If you want to speak in Pirate, you could say "There be cats and dogs, yarrgh!" {#Wink}

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Posted: Mar 4, 2013 - 4:57am
Antigone wrote: I'm pretty sure that "is" is correct. The verb refers to "number" not "of cats and dogs." Yes , I've been thinking that since I clicked submit.

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Posted: Mar 4, 2013 - 4:52am
2cats wrote: I think it should be are. There are a small number of cats and dogs in the yard. It would be better if you said, "A small number of cats and dogs are in the yard." But I could be wrong. I'm pretty sure that "is" is correct. The verb refers to "number" not "of cats and dogs."

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Posted: Mar 4, 2013 - 1:25am
Question: I just created a document in which I said, " There is a small number of . . ." (plural nouns) . . . MS Word's grammar checker tells me it should be "are a small number of . . . " Do I change the doc, or do I do battle with the MS dragon? (Not you Red, I think I'd probaly agree with you.)

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Posted: Mar 3, 2013 - 1:19pm
Prodigal_SOB wrote: Yeah, and you couldn't tell his s's from his f's either. Long s

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Posted: Mar 3, 2013 - 11:33am
gypsyman wrote: The Brits have never known how to spell. Even Shakespeare, with his Warwickshire dialect, couldn't spell for crap. Yeah, and you couldn't tell his s's from his f's either.

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Posted: Mar 3, 2013 - 11:22am
oldviolin wrote: yeah, but I'll bet every now and again he would sit and write for a spell... Oh, and what a spell he cast ...

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Posted: Mar 3, 2013 - 11:17am
neighbour, colour, favour, flavour; I love the red wavy lines under words like that. We love Americans, and accept they cannot spell.....;-)

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Posted: Mar 3, 2013 - 8:11am
gypsyman wrote: The Brits have never known how to spell. Even Shakespeare, with his Warwickshire dialect, couldn't spell for crap. yeah, but I'll bet every now and again he would sit and write for a spell...

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Posted: Mar 3, 2013 - 8:04am
Prodigal_SOB wrote: But should we really be taking advice on spelling from anyone who would put a u in neighbor? The Brits have never known how to spell. Even Shakespeare, with his Warwickshire dialect, couldn't spell for crap.

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Posted: Mar 3, 2013 - 6:28am
Happy National Grammar Day!

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Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 8:13am
kysmet wrote: Or mauve! There's always periwinkle.

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Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 8:13am
kysmet wrote: But should we really be taking advice on spelling from anyone who would put a u in neighbor?

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Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 8:06am
oldviolin wrote: It could have been worse; like taupe or something... Or mauve!

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Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 8:05am
NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: maroon

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Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 7:59am
oldviolin wrote: It could have been worse; like taupe or something... maroon

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Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 7:53am
NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: I object to being called beige. It could have been worse; like taupe or something...

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Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 7:51am
kysmet wrote: I object to being called beige.

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Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 7:00am
kysmet wrote: Awesome! Stolen.

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Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 6:53am

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