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Old 03-Mar-2006, 17:23
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Default Re: Number

I chose "is" of course because of "the number" as a singular reference, but can you explain why you can find for example these sentences:

"if anybody phones tell THEM to phone later"...

or what it worse for me

"the author describes themselves as a fool"

Both examples were taken from written English
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