Re: Brainy question for you

Subject: Re: Brainy question for you
From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:48:29 -0400


Bonnie Granat wrote:
> This is a better example:
>
> "Company Name + First Product Name is the brains of any Company Name
> product."
>
> I just feel uneasy about "is the brains." Would any editor insist that
> the proper agreement be present?
>


I'm out of my mind -- there's nothing wrong with it (thanks to Dick
Margulis).
I was thinking "brain" had to be singular, but why, I don't know. I
shall call this a grammatical illusion and be done with it.
Thank you, everyone.

Bonnie



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