RE: Grammar of verbs for nouns with "(s)"

Subject: RE: Grammar of verbs for nouns with "(s)"
From: "Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
To: "'Meyer, Bernard'" <Bernard -dot- Meyer -at- arrisi -dot- com>, "'Tom Johnson'" <tomjohnson1492 -at- gmail -dot- com>, "'Technical Writing'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:35:08 -0800

Well, following this logic, which I like, you could just extend the prompt
into an obfuscated oblivion.

-Original-
"Success! Your meeting(s) have been deleted."

-Mod-
Success(Failure)!(?) Your(Someone else's) meeting(s) ha(s/ve) (not) been
deleted(restored).(!? -at- $!#%?)

Lauren

> From: Meyer, Bernard

> Simple: just extend the logic all the way:
>
> Your meeting(s) ha(s/ve) been deleted." :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Johnson

> In my user interface, I have a confirmation message that
> says, "Success!
> Your meeting(s) have been deleted." The "(s)" makes the
> subject singular or
> plural. This leaves me wondering whether "have" is
> grammatically correct.
> I'm not even sure what the (s) is called. Any help here? Thanks,
>
> Tom
>

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