SPAM-LOW: Whoever comes is the right people

[Harrison Owen]

Actually - "People" can be singular - as in "The People." - So - "Whoever
comes IS the right people." I confess to a certain weirdness, to say nothing
of incorrectitude, in my grammar All my teachers will attest that I didn't
have a clue! But on this one, it actually was quite intentional. I felt the
critical thing was The People - the collective, the Whole. As defined by
"all those who care." That People IS the Right People.

 

Ho

 

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Lucy
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Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 6:02 PM
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Subject: Re: SPAM-LOW: Whoever comes is the right people

 

People is plural

Are is plural

 

the noun and verb should match.

 

 

An easy way to check is to reverse your sentence.  

 

i.e. The people who come are the right people.

 

 

 

On Jun 24, 2009, at 6:10 AM, Bhavesh Patel wrote:





Hi there,

Seen I started opening space I have been using "Whoever comes is the right
people" and quite often people tell me it is not grammatically correct. Why
it is "is" ?

Wonderingly Bhav...


 

From: Michael M Pannwitz Subject: Re: AW: Anti Laws of OST - Foundations of
OST? I mostly call them "Tatsachen des Lebens" which translates pretty much
into "Facts of Life"...and usually embellish them with sayings that have
been around for a couple of hundreds of years showing that they are commonly
accepted Facts of Life. The addition to "Whatever happens is the only thing
that could have" in German is "Wenn der Hund nicht geschissen haette, haette
er den Has' gefangen." What I really like is that most of us use the same
wording as found in the Users Guide...hearing them (or seeing them hung up
spaced around the circle of chairs) I instantly know its open space and feel
comfortable and excited. There has been a ghastly attack, however, by some
nincompoop editor of "Wave Rider" on the wholy grail of the "principles".
While on page 71 the "First Principle" is given correctly as "Whoever comes
is the right people", beginning with page 167 the wording of this principle
(I will not write down the wording here!!)has been horribly maimed. Maybe
its not too late to ask BK to immediately start a reprint with the
appropriate wording and to recall the entire first edition of Wave.
Greetings from Berlin mmp


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