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To: EEGator

> Somehow, he knew what was coming.
>A bunch of young guys was going to try to carjack him or worse.

“were” going to.

12 posted on 07/20/2014 6:08:43 AM PDT by glorgau

To: glorgau

Ha, I missed that.

13 posted on 07/20/2014 6:24:45 AM PDT by EEGator

To: glorgau

Hate to tell you but “was” is correct. Noun is “bunch” which is singular. “Of young guys” is a prepositional phrase.

19 posted on 07/20/2014 8:45:17 AM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)

To: glorgau

I dunno. Bunch (singular) is the subject of that sentence. Therefore “was” is the correct verb, even if it sounds odd.

30 posted on 07/22/2014 5:17:55 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

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