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I think this feels grammatical to native speakers because "my two front teeth" is interpreted as a single item or gift. There's kind of an elided "to have" ther
by djur 4y ago
I think this feels grammatical to native speakers because "my two front teeth" is interpreted as a single item or gift. There's kind of an elided "to have" there: "all I want for Christmas is to have my two front teeth". "these seven TypeScript improvements" don't form a coherent whole in the same way, so it feels ungrammatical.
- tshaddox 4y agoI think it’s because “all” is a singular noun and the subject of the verb “is.” I would use “is” even with a list of items at the end of the sentence.