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11M U.S. Adults Can't Read English

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MightbeaBuck;364365; said:
"Eleven million people is an awful large number of folks who are not literate in English, and therefore are prevented access to what America offers," said Russ Whitehurst, director of the Institute of Education Sciences at the Education Department.
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As Deety said, "hmmm." I didn't notice the adverb / adjective mix-up until Bucky Katt pointed it out. What I zeroed in on was the "Eleven million people is..." followed by ..."and therefore are..." Is it is or is it are? The two verbs should agree.
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I think you're right, it should be "are". Now, if he had instead said, "Eleven million is an awful large number of folks" (leaving out the word "people"), then "is" would be correct since it is referring to the number itself and not the actual amount of people to which the number is referring.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;2006433; said:
I think you're right, it should be "are". Now, if he had instead said, "Eleven million is an awful large number of folks" (leaving out the word "people"), then "is" would be correct since it is referring to the number itself and not the actual amount of people to which the number is referring.
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I'm wondering which large numbers are awful and which haven't done anything wrong.

"Are prevented access" is just plain awfully. Awful awfully.

Also, I'm almost certain he meant "eleventy."
 
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Deety;2006483; said:
I'm wondering which large numbers are awful and which haven't done anything wrong.

"Are prevented access" is just plain awfully. Awful awfully.

Also, I'm almost certain he meant "eleventy."
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If something that is full of awe is awful, then why is something only some of awe, awesome?
 
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