Re: A pair of teenage boys were/was...
- From: "Don Phillipson" <e925@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:54:25 -0400
"datere" <ee123456etw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A pair of teenage boys were/was smoking cigarettes.
Are both verbs acceptable in the above sentence?
See answers to your own thread of Subject line:
A group of little girls was/were playing in the park.
Pair and group are both collective nouns,
treated similarly by rules of grammar and usage.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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