FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 个月前There are a finite number of seconds in your life and you just spent some reading this postmessage-squaremessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down120
arrow-up1101arrow-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 · 5 个月前message-square32linkfedilink
minus-squarebottleofchips@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 个月前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
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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