Sons Co., 90 Wn.2d 787, 791, 585 P.2d 1174 (1978). 4 Bremmeyer, 90 Wn.2d at 791 (quoting RCW 18.27.140). 5 Bremmeyer, 90 Wn.2d at 791-92. 6 CEmphasis added.) 7 Hinton also argues that Johnson was a general contractor because he supervised the development of Cascade Ridge. See RCW 18.27.010(2) (definition of general contractor). Our determination that Johnson is a contractor makes it unnecessary to address whether Johnson was also a general contractor. 8 State v. Welty, 44 Wn. App. 281, 283, 726 P.2d 472, review denied, 107 Wn.2d 1002 (1986); see also RCW 1.12.050 ("[w]ords importing the singular number may also be applied to the plural of persons and things; words importing the plural may be applied to the singular”). 9 See Clark v. Pacificorp, 118 Wn.2d 167, 183, 822 P.2d 162 (1991) (<HOLDING>). 10 See RCW 18.27.090(12) (exception to
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