Sophia, yes, because you have two subjects there -- cost of healthcare and healthcare spending.
Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?
Dawn ,'Sleeper'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Jul 06, 2010 9:47:57 am PDT #10674 of 30001
Because books.
tommyrot - Jul 06, 2010 9:49:31 am PDT #10675 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Fight! Fight!
I dunno. But since 'cost' is singular it seems to me 'has' is correct.
Polter-Cow - Jul 06, 2010 9:50:15 am PDT #10676 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, I was reading it the way Jesse was: the rising cost of [healthcare and healthcare spending]. But I guess that doesn't make sense.
Amy - Jul 06, 2010 9:50:51 am PDT #10677 of 30001
Because books.
I'm reading it as two separate things. If she means the rising cost of both things, then "has" would be correct, and she might recast the sentence a bit for clarity. But I'm not sure how you get a rising "cost" of spending.
Jesse - Jul 06, 2010 9:51:28 am PDT #10678 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, I was reading it the way Jesse was: the rising cost of [healthcare and healthcare spending]. But I guess that doesn't make sense.
Exactly the train of thought I was just heading down... Is it the cost of healthcare spending? Hmmm.
I say re-write the sentence! (I know it's too late...)
Sophia Brooks - Jul 06, 2010 9:51:45 am PDT #10679 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh- I think they were reading it like Jesse, and I was reading it like Amy! The whole sentence is a bit of a mess grammatically.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 06, 2010 9:52:27 am PDT #10680 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I say re-write the sentence! (I know it's too late...)
I think she should, to, and she did ask me to read it, but it is her opening sentence and I am sure she has slaved over it!
Daisy Jane - Jul 06, 2010 9:58:27 am PDT #10681 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
But slaving over it sometimes means you don't see the problems. If she gave it to you to read, I would let her know.
Atropa - Jul 06, 2010 9:58:47 am PDT #10682 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Fizzy water, the new fire!
Cass, may I pleeeeeeeeease tag this?
§ ita § - Jul 06, 2010 9:59:27 am PDT #10683 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It is apparently 61° where I work. Gnarrgh. All I know is it ain't right.