FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoThere are a finite number of seconds in your life and you just spent some reading this postmessage-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down119
arrow-up1103arrow-down1message-squareThere are a finite number of seconds in your life and you just spent some reading this postFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarebottleofchips@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoEither is correct because the sentence can be read with either number or seconds as the subject: There are (a finite number of) seconds… There is a finite number [measuring the] seconds
Either is correct because the sentence can be read with either number or seconds as the subject:
There are (a finite number of) seconds…
There is a finite number [measuring the] seconds