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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi

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To: Rambi who wrote (67673)6/16/2005 5:29:02 PM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (1) of 71178
 
Fowler didn't help, but I found this in my old Harbrace- which might be what I was thinking of...

(or should I say " might be that of which I was thinking")

When regarded as a unit, collective nouns as well as noun phrases denoting quantity, take singular verbs

"A thousand bushels IS a good yield"

SO if you are thinking of NO HOLES as a collective descriptive unit -- I would go with the singular.

But I am not an English teacher!
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