SPAM-LOW: Whoever comes is the right people

[Lucy Garrick - NorthShore Group]

Sounds weird to me, Harrison.  I appreciate your intentionality about  
wholeness.  So whatever floats your boat is OK with me.

Lucy

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On Jun 24, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Harrison Owen wrote:

> 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.
>
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> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of  
> Lucy Garrick - NorthShore Group
> 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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