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DJ

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Jun 14, 2009, 9:59:50 PM6/14/09
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Hi,

I have a question about the word "results" in this (long) sentence:

[quote]
Although earthquakes can cause death and destruction through such
secondary effects as landslides, tsunamis, fires, and fault rupture, the
greatest losses in terms of both lives and property usually _results_
from the collapse of man-made surface and subsurface structures during
the violent shaking of the ground. ...
[end quote]

Shouldn't it be "result"? The way I parse it is:

Subject: the greatest losses(plural, hence call for a plural form of the
verb)
Verb: result

Is the use of "results" in the sentence a form of idiomatic
expression(*1), or simply a typo?

Thanks,

(*1) I must say I'll be really really surprised if it's because it's
close to "property" ...

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Source:

http://student.britannica.com/comptons/article-199873/earthquake

or

http://tinyurl.com/mwz5gl


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
Britannica Student Edition
earthquake

Reducing Earthquake Hazards

earthquake

Although earthquakes can cause death and destruction through such
secondary effects as landslides, tsunamis, fires, and fault rupture, the
greatest losses in terms of both lives and property usually results from
the collapse of man-made surface and subsurface structures during the
violent shaking of the ground. Seismologists routinely gather considerable�


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DJ

Jeffrey Turner

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Jun 14, 2009, 10:31:05 PM6/14/09
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DJ wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question about the word "results" in this (long) sentence:
>
> [quote]
> Although earthquakes can cause death and destruction through such
> secondary effects as landslides, tsunamis, fires, and fault rupture, the
> greatest losses in terms of both lives and property usually _results_
> from the collapse of man-made surface and subsurface structures during
> the violent shaking of the ground. ...
> [end quote]
>
> Shouldn't it be "result"?

Yes. "In earthquakes most of the death and destruction results from..."
but as written it takes "result."

--Jeff

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Money to get power,
Power to protect money.
--Motto of the Medicis

DJ

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Jun 15, 2009, 12:36:08 AM6/15/09
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Jeffrey Turner wrote:
.....
.....

> but as written it takes "result."

Thanks.

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DJ

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