"IS" OR "ARE?"
Chicago appears to have other forms of diversion besides its criminals. According to the New York "World," a vice-president of the Burlington Railway wrote a little puff saying: "Along the right-of-way is a tremendous * area in which is produced two-thirds of the oats and more than half the corn in the United States." The traffic manager revised this, and substituted " produced." The vice-president reinserted " is." _ It was then decided to appeal to an educational authority. Chicago University said " is" was correct. North-western University said " are." Harvard favoured " is." A dictionary approved "are." The vice-president then wired to Princeton University, and the traffic manager to Yale. The replies arrived together. Princeton preferred " is," while Yale g»ve "are." A eoin was thereupon tossed in the air. . . —'i*- i
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1927, Page 6
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