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Sorry. I mean *use*, not *uses*
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Replying to @stevenstrogatz
A string of "or"s like this does not alter the number of the subject nouns in the sentence in which it occurs. In this case, each subject noun is singular, so "uses," the third-person singular form of the verb, is correct.
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Replying to @MathPrinceps @stevenstrogatz
Oops. A correction is, alas, necessary here, because of the initial noun in the string, namely, "you." This noun of course requires the second-person form of the verb. So the string of nouns is inhomogeneous, which means that no single verb form can follow the string.
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Replying to @MathPrinceps
And I am left wondering what the final verdict is: use or uses? cc
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Replying to @stevenstrogatz @MathPrinceps
The number of the verb in a string of “or”s is determined by the closest noun, so in this case: uses.
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Replying to @BCDreyer @MathPrinceps
Score one for writing by ear! I had it right the first time.
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Replying to @stevenstrogatz @MathPrinceps
Though it’s a difficult rule to remember.
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Replying to @BCDreyer
Thanks for weighing in. If you have any integrals you need evaluated, I’d be happy to return the favor.
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A dangerous promise, when so many integrals cannot be evaluated!
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