Re: using "they" for popcorn in plural form
- From: "Mike Lyle" <mike_lyle_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:03:06 +0100
c.j.robertson@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> if my question sounds a bit odd, that's ok, good even. i just
wanted
> to make clear that it's not a manifestly false statement.
>
> so i'm the winner of this debate.
I half-recognise the style. You aren't by any chance related to a Rex
Curry, are you? By all means be the "winner" of this "debate", as
long as you don't go away thinking that "popcorn" is a countable noun
taking a plural verb.
.
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