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[challenge entry] What would the world be like if everyone was gay?
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(Trefusis No, I'm not a Cornish lesbian., Thu 13 Oct 2005, 12:41, archived)
# Perhaps I'm just
King of the Pedants,

But it really bugs me that the title of this comp is 'If everyone was gay' when the correct English is 'If everyone were gay'

I need to get out more.
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Thu 13 Oct 2005, 12:50, archived)
# you've spent too long huddled over a pile of A4 paper
with a biro.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Thu 13 Oct 2005, 12:51, archived)
# Oxymoron
You can never spend too long with a biro.
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Thu 13 Oct 2005, 12:55, archived)
# get out of the closet more?


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Thu 13 Oct 2005, 12:51, archived)
# Ooh, get her!
/handbag blog
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Thu 13 Oct 2005, 12:55, archived)
# Hehehehe!
/Matching shoes blog


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Thu 13 Oct 2005, 12:57, archived)
# Queen of the Pedants
No it isn't, "everyone" implies a group of people, but it's used singularly, since you're actually referring to the group as a whole, which is singular.
(Trefusis No, I'm not a Cornish lesbian., Thu 13 Oct 2005, 20:03, archived)