--- J C <greyw01f at hotmail.com> wrote: ... > On a side note, (please label replies to this portion something new) my > girlfriend and I were talking, and she mentioned that her younger > brother > was now applying to university. I asked, and I quote: > > Which universities is he apply...wait. Don't wait! It's right. > Which universities are he > applying....wait...GAH > > What universities is...are...*%@.... > > So what's the correct way of saying this? > > What universities am I applying to? > What universities are you applying to? > What universities are we applying to? > What universities are they appyling to? > What universities am he applying to???? heheheheeh I hate english. "What universities is he applying to?" Because you say "He *is* applying to five universities." The tendency to make a verb agree with the previous noun has been called "attraction", and a lot of people do it, but it's not part of standard English. Jerry Friedman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page – Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com