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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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What I'm not okay with is changing it to accommodate the stupid.
( , Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:08, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

Using your example, it's something to do with a group of people being a crowd and so if you remove part of that crowd, there's less crowd left. Language drift, rather than lack of education.
( , Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:11, Reply)

Less crowd, fewer people composing said crowd. The crowd is a single thing, the people are not.
( , Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:13, Reply)

I'm just saying that the rules aren't as rigid as that anymore.
( , Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:16, Reply)

Grammar's a lost hope.
( , Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:18, Reply)
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