RE: "0 or 1" singlular or plural?

[Michael McCallister <Michae -dot- McCallister -at- msbinfo -dot- com>]

How about "under 2 phone calls" or "fewer than 2 phone calls"? 

Mike McCallister

-----Original Message-----
From: T. Word Smith [mailto:techwordsmith -at- yahoo -dot- com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:24 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: "0 or 1" singlular or plural?



If you have this construction, do you use singular or
plural?

There is little feedback (0 or 1 phone calls).

There is little feedback (0 or 1 phone call).

Thanks.


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