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Old 18-Oct-2008, 12:00
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What is needed is a pair of scissors.
What is needed are scissors.
What is needed is a pen.
What is needed are pens.

Are all the sentences correct?

Many thanks.

(Hi to fellow members who responded to my earlier post. I'm sorry I've re-posted the query as I found a question mark in the first two sentences. They were not needed.

Once again, my apologies.)

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Old 18-Oct-2008, 17:56
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It would be about right .
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Thanks, Coli.
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