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.
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NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan,
Thu 13 Oct 2005, 12:50,
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you've spent too long huddled over a pile of A4 paper
with a biro.
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Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on,
Thu 13 Oct 2005, 12:51,
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Oxymoron
You can never spend too long with a biro.
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NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan,
Thu 13 Oct 2005, 12:55,
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get out of the closet more?
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Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?,
Thu 13 Oct 2005, 12:51,
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Ooh, get her!
/handbag blog
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NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan,
Thu 13 Oct 2005, 12:55,
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Hehehehe!
/Matching shoes blog
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Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?,
Thu 13 Oct 2005, 12:57,
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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.
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Trefusis No, I'm not a Cornish lesbian.,
Thu 13 Oct 2005, 20:03,
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