Noun-verb agreement

Feb. 8th, 2006 10:55 am
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"A lifetime's worth" singular or plural?
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Date: 2006-02-08 05:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kfitzwarin.livejournal.com
Hm. I'd go singular (a dollar's worth of paper is not worth much... A lifetime's worth of anger is....) But alas, that, like most of my grammar & stuff, is instinctive.

Date: 2006-02-08 05:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kristine-smith.livejournal.com
Mine, too.

I think it's singular as well. "Does he/Does she/Does a lifetime's worth..."
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