From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!uwvax!rodolf Newsgroups: net.followup Title: English Language, et al Article-I.D.: uwvax.360 Posted: Sun May 9 00:25:35 1982 Received: Sun May 9 03:18:50 1982 In all fairness it should be pointed out that some words such as "any" and "many" take different forms of verbs depending on the context of the usage. In the example of "Any of you ..." the "you" is a plural "you" (which is unfortunately lacking in the English language but present in many others); hence the usage of "are" following this is correct. Another example would be "Many grapes were sour." "Many a grape was sour." However, the point about informal English on the net is well taken. This is not a platform for doctorate papers, but rather a group of people with common interests who should be able to talk conversationally without being stifled for grammatical errors. Enough said! Rick Lindsley (uwvax!rodolf)