Re: Appositive of singular or plural noun

Howard,

Considering that you use the plural "they" in the second clause, I
believe it would have to be "seeds."

The second clause is actually redundant. If children are the future,
then you've already implied that when you say they are important.

Regards,

Michael

"Howard Sage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Here is a sentence a studentcomposed and about which the class
> disagreed:
>
>      Children are our future, our seed, and they are very important to
> us.
>
> Is "seed" correct or should it read "seeds"? Or, alternatively, does
> it depend on how one treats "children," as a single entity or all the
> individuals in the group?
>
> Howard Sage