Ask post: "There is" or "There are"

(This is going to bother me unless I ask for clarification.)

Languagehat, you say "Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary of English Usage (far and away the best usage book)..."

Are you saying that the Concise Dictionary is better than the 'unconcise' Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage? The 'Concise' is an 800-page pb, the 'Unconcise' is a 978-page hc, but I don't know... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by AsYouKnow Bob at 11:22 AM on February 26, 2008

Thanks for the prompt answer. I generally have no objection to picking up another book - or even two closely related books - but I'm glad for the clarification.
posted to Ask Metafilter by AsYouKnow Bob at 3:56 PM on February 26, 2008