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English is weird
jwhouk:
"...or except as an 'a', as in neighbor and weigh."
Akima:
I was thinking today, while waiting for a compile/make at work, that it is odd that army is treated as a singular while police is treated as a plural:
The police are investigating a murder.
The army is attacking the enemy.
Schmee:
I decided to try mixing those sentences around, to see how weird they looked, and I ended up with this:
The police is attacking a murder.
The army are investigating the enemy.
... I need more sleep.
Akima:
"The army are" sounds less strange than "the police is" I think.
The Seldom Killer:
Unless you travel south of the river
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