The great escape---i still have a question Not only are the means of arriving at the holiday paradise entirely within one's own command and keeping, but the means of escape from holiday hell (if the beach proves too crowded, the local weather too inclement) are there, outside----or, as likely, part of----the tent. i have been reading this two paragraphs again and again and i am still confused. I understand the previous queation that the means of escape from holiday means automobil, and if it means automobil then why does the verb be "are" not "is"?