- Singular or Plural?
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spicysaurus
- October 23rd, 2012
Okay, fellow grammarians, I've encountered a question and can't seem to find the right answer. Can anybody lead me in the right direction?
I'm taking an online copyediting course and one of the sentences I'm supposed to correct reads as follows:
Anywhere from one to ten suggestions was used when compiling the week six agenda.
(I've corrected other errors that were introduced for the assignment.)
My question revolves around the verb: should it be singular or plural? My textbook (and the style guides I can currently reference) give a lot of information about spelling out numerals and the like, but very little instruction on when composite numbers take plural verbs. I'm finding lots of "one in ten" references, but no "one to ten" ones. I'm fairly ambivalent about this. My gut is telling me it's the plural, but I'd like to have that confirmed.
Before you worry that I'm cheating on homework, I assure you this would, at best, lose me half a point on a 140-point assignment. I'm more curious about the correct word and less worried about my grade.
TIA!