FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 hours agoThere are a finite number of seconds in your life and you just spent some reading this postmessage-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down115
arrow-up152arrow-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 · 11 hours agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarebottleofchips@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours 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