[geeklog-devel] 'all access are'...

[Blank, Jessica]

'Access' is a collective noun. Like, for example, if I made a dozen
bowls of Jell-o and poured them into one LARGE bowl, I would refer to
the collective mess thus generated as 'all the Jell-o', and I would say
things like 'all the Jell-o is in the big bowl', not 'all the Jell-o are
in the big bowl'. :)

It's not like 'sheep' being the plural of 'sheep'; this isn't a plural
noun but a collective noun. The plural of 'access' is 'accesses'.

--Jessica, English dork

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Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] 'all access are'...

HmmM I'm sure it's are not is. Access is plural in effect, but isn't
written as accesses in this case. I'll check with the tech author at
work who should have a better grasp of english grammar than me.

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:30 AM, Tony Bibbs <tony at tonybibbs.com> wrote:
>
> Man, you are a tough crowd!  Despite Dirk being German, it's probably 
> my fault from eons ago.  Actually, I think Dirk writes and speaks 
> better English than I do.  But I've got him beat when it comes to the
ebonics.
>
> Reminds me of the movie Airplane, "I speak jive".
>
> --Tony
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "Blank, Jessica" <Jessica.Blank at mtvnmix.com>
> To: Geeklog Development <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 3, 2008 6:21:40 PM
> Subject: [geeklog-devel] 'all access are'...
>
>
>
> I noticed that a message in the current CVS build of the system states

> that 'All access to administrative portions of this web site are (sic)

> logged and reviewed'. Shouldn't 'are' be changed to 'is' here?
>
> --Jessica
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