Submitted by gin  •  May 22, 2007

Following are / Followings are

The following are default extensions. The followings are default extensions.

Which one of the above is correct?

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beyhan_45_

September 14, 2009, 5:19am

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sonid69

March 27, 2009, 4:03am

i think following is one has to follow some rules or regulations or to follow some thing and followings does not exist we have made that

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Ruricolist  (unregistered)

May 22, 2007, 2:42pm

The former--just as you would say, "The extensions following are each default." _Following_ is a participle, and English participles do not decline.

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Anonymous  (unregistered)

May 23, 2007, 8:08am

The first one! :)

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John  (unregistered)

May 23, 2007, 2:50pm

I don't know what Ruricolist means by participle. In "The following are default extensions," "following" is a noun. It is idiomatic in that it appears to be singular, but is followed by a plural verb. Perhaps it is a contraction of "the following things"

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Ruricolist  (unregistered)

May 24, 2007, 1:33pm

By participle I mean that _following_ is the adjective made from the verb _to follow_. In "The following are default extensions," following is not a noun as such but a substantive adjective, which has no number: as in "Blessed are the meek [not the _meeks_ nor the _meek ones_], for they shall inherit the earth."

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mousumirao

June 21, 2007, 10:30pm

The first one is right.

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lastronin  (unregistered)

February 18, 2008, 12:38pm

The following are default extensions: { list }

to suggest "The list of default extensions are as follows" in the singular, referring to "list" rather than "extensions."

Simply, "The default extensions are" without the colon, indent over, then indicate list.

"Followings" as a plural noun suggests the "followers" of a leader or, it also suggests the "goings-on" depending on context.

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porsche

September 14, 2009, 9:13am

Actually, lastronin, "followings" as a plural noun suggests two or more groups of "followers" of possibly two or more leaders. E.g., "Both Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell have large followings. The Reverend Sun Yung Moon's following was notably large in comparison"

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