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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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#21
23-12-2013, 12:46 AM
Think harder..  Smile
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#22
23-12-2013, 12:48 AM
(23-12-2013, 12:43 AM)-Perception- link Wrote: Anyhow, I am afraid Hyper might be on to sth there.
What do you mean afraid haha?
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23-12-2013, 12:48 AM
I don't think anyone who is sane studies anglistics  :o
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23-12-2013, 01:00 AM
Whoever deleted this forums posts needs to be banned right away, AT ONCE!
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23-12-2013, 01:02 AM
(23-12-2013, 01:00 AM)ON_Dom link Wrote: Whoever deleted this forums posts needs to be banned right away, AT ONCE!
You sure about that?
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23-12-2013, 01:03 AM
We have found the culprit take him away at once!  ;D  Wait Hyper I thought you were revising?
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#27
23-12-2013, 01:06 AM
What's this, it's supposed to be about English.

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<19:51:48> Channel group "Member" was assigned to "Jack Sparrow" by "Maroon".
<19:51:49> Channel group "Member" was assigned to "Jack Sparrow" by "Fred".
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#28
23-12-2013, 01:07 AM
Trying to but policing the idiocy that is creeping into this thread is both interrupting and annoying me.

Keep this on topic or I will close it. I have left it open so far as it does relate to an interesting and oft debated usage of a somewhat archaic english tense. There is great confusion over the usage and distinction of was/were and if but one member of this community learns more about the english language from this discussion then I feel it is not a waste of my time. Do not make me regret this.
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#29
23-12-2013, 01:31 AM
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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#30
23-12-2013, 01:32 AM
You don't use amount in this case. Thread over.

What various other people in this thread have already stated.
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