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Daniel Ehrenberg wrote: | Often, it is difficult for even the educated to speak in perfect | English, as in: | *Neither the kids nor Michael (*likes*/like) to go to the park now that | they use Wikipedia. | *One in six people (*uses*/use) a peer-to-peer network. | (I put my guesses in bold). My mom and I can't definitively tell which | one is right. For these, it is a matter of which grammarian you talk to.
Bah. The /right/ answers are obvious: * Michael and the kids prefer Wikipedia to the park. * Peer-to-peer networks are used by about one-sixth of all people.
(Seriously, your first guess is wrong -- and Michael should be mentioned before the kids -- and your second guess correct. I would be astonished if you found any authority that disagrees.)
- -- ~ Sean Barrett ~ sean@epoptic.com