Re: IS or ARE

Subject: Re: IS or ARE
From: Phil03 <philstokes03 -at- googlemail -dot- com>
To: Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:29:13 +0700

On 25 Jul 2012, at 13:21, Phil03 <philstokes03 -at- googlemail -dot- com> wrote:

>
> 'How many months of free service do you give?' versus 'How much free service do you give?'


A more natural question would be:

'How long is your free service period? 7 days, a couple of weeks, a month?'

'It is two months long'.

The passive form of that is uncontroversial:

Two months is the length of the service period.



Phil
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References:
IS or ARE: From: John Posada
Re: IS or ARE: From: Keith Mahoney
Re: IS or ARE: From: Peter Neilson
Re: IS or ARE: From: Phil03
Fwd: IS or ARE: From: Chris Morton
Re: IS or ARE: From: Tony Chung
Re: IS or ARE: From: Phil03
Re: IS or ARE: From: Tony Chung
Re: IS or ARE: From: Phil03

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