Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote: > handled by the RFC-Editor Yes, while I was at it I simply noted all observations. ['exist a number of' vs. 'exists a number of'] > the original text is correct Now that you say it, I read this recently: http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/numberofpeople Maybe I should adopt Ned's rule, "if in doubt use the shorter spelling"... :-) Frank _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf