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Is it? Because the verb is pointing to "a hundred" which, even though it's talking about multiple things as a noun it's a singular unit. Right? Or is it pointing to "rooms"? No, I think you're right. Somebody else figure this out, because I'm confused!
You are so right! I should have remembered that from teaching my kids English last year, but well... I don't have much of a brain lately. Fixed! (Thanks spas & LN)
Actually, the noun phrase "a hundred rooms" is the *notional* subject (with "rooms" as the head of the NP, "a" as the article and "hundred" as quantifier) and "There" is the subject proper, but you are right in that the finite verb should concord with "rooms". However, in spoken English Longman notes that the finite verb is likely to be in singular. So both ways work. Hooray for grammar.
i still don't understand...why is the answer "oedipal"? from what i can find, oedipal is pertaining to the Oedipus complex where like this dude marries his mother. ._. someone enlighten me pleasies? :D
Ah, well you know how Colby likes having us break out dictionaries for words we didn't know existed. XD
I think it has something to do with Fang's obsession with poor Zedwig. Am I right, Colby? My guess is that Zedwig's room is next to Fang's. If you know where one is, you automatically know the other.
Well, you're right in that it is in part related to Fang's obsession with Zedwig, but in this particular instance I'd like to invoke the writer's right to abstain from explaining.
Oh yeah! Al'bert's arm was broken, I seem to remember that, and Bactine fixed it up...yikes, now she's in trouble!
Oh, and by the way- I have the feeling that Al'bert is referring to the room that belonged to Fang's mother, that Zedwig sleeps in the old queen's bedroom, or something like that...yeah, very creepy, especially with the way he just 'battles and sleeps'. Oh, and Al'bert, we would do anything for you...maybe!
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