Re: Grammar: appear or appears?

Subject: Re: Grammar: appear or appears?
From: "David O'Brien" <obriend -at- mincom -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:14:33 +1000


Steps 1 through/to 4 appear on the first page.

my 2 Euro
David



On the interface of a Web-based tool, the constant text on a page that
changes based on the user's selections is "Step 1", "Step 2", "Step 3", and
"Step 4".

Given this information, which of the following observations is correct?
1. "Step 1" to "Step 4" appear on the new page.
2. "Step 1" to "Step 4" appears on the new page.

I prefer the first sentence, but perhaps the second sentence is
grammatically correct. I think the subject "Step 1" to "Step 4" is plural.
(I also think I've been looking at it for too long.)





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