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    09 Jun '20 15:311 edit
    The post that was quoted here has been removed
    At

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    There is a graph showing the transition to U.S singular from U.S. plural. A clever analysis of ngram data. The balance shifted at ~1880.
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    @js357 said
    At

    https://io9.gizmodo.com/when-did-the-united-states-become-a-singular-noun-949771685

    There is a graph showing the transition to U.S singular from U.S. plural. A clever analysis of ngram data. The balance shifted at ~1880.
    Do you know there are those who really don't care?

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    @very-rusty said
    Do you know there are those who really don't care?

    -VR
    WHAT???
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    @js357 said
    WHAT???
    Rather it is singular or plural.

    What you yelling for?

    -VR
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    george thinks slapshot is dumber than dirt
    not different to
    just dumber than
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    @rookie54 said
    george thinks slapshot is dumber than dirt
    not different to
    just dumber than
    Did you forget you already put that stupidity in another thread? 😛

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    slapshot is just another george
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    @rookie54 said
    slapshot is just another george
    If you are talking to me.

    I am not George. You know who George Floyd was and you do disrespect to him even comparing me to him I am white, he was black and killed by Police. Don't you understand what is going on in the world around you?

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    unable to make a coherent argument, slapshot is different than the rest
    unable to make a coherent argument, slapshot is different from the rest
    unable to make a coherent argument, slapshot is different to the rest

    slapshot is just stupid and so the argument is moot
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    @rookie54 said
    unable to make a coherent argument, slapshot is different than the rest
    unable to make a coherent argument, slapshot is different from the rest
    unable to make a coherent argument, slapshot is different to the rest

    slapshot is just stupid and so the argument is moot
    You sound like a child ranting or taunting in the school yard!


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    bad memories?
    ptsd?
    try this new and improved method to improve yer lot

    quit posting
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    @rookie54 said
    bad memories?
    ptsd?
    try this new and improved method to improve yer lot

    quit posting
    That is some good advice you should take it sookie!!! 😛 😉

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    @very-rusty said
    Rather it is singular or plural.

    What you yelling for?

    -VR
    Several hundred thousand people died over whether once formed, it (the U.S) was singular or plural wrt enslavement. Would that they had only yelled.
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    @suzianne said
    I'm sorry. I'm American and I have no idea what this means.

    Most things British I can assimilate through context, but this one has eluded me.
    Invest 10 seconds of your life with Google.
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    @wolfgang59 said
    Discrimination is insiduous.
    insidious?
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