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Poll: Was / Were an amount of presents
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Was
37.50%
15 37.50%
Was
5.00%
2 5.00%
Was
12.50%
5 12.50%
Was
5.00%
2 5.00%
Were
40.00%
16 40.00%
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Proper English?
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Was. "Presents" is the object of the prepositional phrase of "of presents" and not the subject (which is the singular "amount").

Either way, grammatical rules state you use "number" instead of "amount" when it is not a single item, e.g. "a large number of presents" versus "a large amount of water."
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Messages In This Thread
Proper English? - by Fred_Frederickus - 22-12-2013, 11:53 PM
Re: Proper English? - by Sinister_Soldier - 22-12-2013, 11:54 PM
Re: Proper English? - by HoH_Dom - 22-12-2013, 11:54 PM
Re: Proper English? - by -Perception- - 23-12-2013, 12:05 AM
Re: Proper English? - by HoH_Dom - 23-12-2013, 12:06 AM
Re: Proper English? - by Balch - 23-12-2013, 12:08 AM
Re: Proper English? - by HoH_Dom - 23-12-2013, 12:09 AM
Re: Proper English? - by Kip - 23-12-2013, 12:19 AM
Re: Proper English? - by Chopdick3000 - 23-12-2013, 12:20 AM
Re: Proper English? - by PK Delion - 23-12-2013, 12:23 AM
Re: Proper English? - by -Perception- - 23-12-2013, 12:24 AM
Re: Proper English? - by HoH_Dom - 23-12-2013, 12:24 AM
Re: Proper English? - by Wes - 23-12-2013, 12:24 AM
Re: Proper English? - by Fred_Frederickus - 23-12-2013, 12:24 AM
Re: Proper English? - by Ludroth - 23-12-2013, 12:25 AM
Re: Proper English? - by Hypernoma - 23-12-2013, 12:28 AM
Re: Proper English? - by Maroon - 23-12-2013, 12:30 AM
Re: Proper English? - by -Perception- - 23-12-2013, 12:43 AM
Re: Proper English? - by Fred_Frederickus - 23-12-2013, 12:44 AM
Re: Proper English? - by Fred_Frederickus - 23-12-2013, 12:46 AM
Re: Proper English? - by -Perception- - 23-12-2013, 12:46 AM
Re: Proper English? - by Hypernoma - 23-12-2013, 12:48 AM
Re: Proper English? - by HoH_Dom - 23-12-2013, 12:48 AM
Re: Proper English? - by HoH_Dom - 23-12-2013, 01:00 AM
Re: Proper English? - by Hypernoma - 23-12-2013, 01:02 AM
Re: Proper English? - by HoH_Dom - 23-12-2013, 01:03 AM
Re: Proper English? - by Fred_Frederickus - 23-12-2013, 01:06 AM
Re: Proper English? - by Hypernoma - 23-12-2013, 01:07 AM
Re: Proper English? - by Malong - 23-12-2013, 01:31 AM
Re: Proper English? - by clickeverywhere - 23-12-2013, 01:32 AM
Re: Proper English? - by slayer - 23-12-2013, 04:11 AM



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