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# I know
spelling mistakes is one of my pet hates.
(I helped save b3ta! koit WWW.HIGHASAKOIT.CO.UK, Tue 20 Jan 2004, 17:35, archived)
# are
but you knew that you little tease.


(I helped save b3ta! Ulic hissing slightly, Tue 20 Jan 2004, 17:36, archived)
# You mean "are one of my pet hates"
(I helped save b3ta! Baz Fuck off, Tue 20 Jan 2004, 17:40, archived)
# No
because spelling mistakes can be taken as a scenario and therefore it is singular.
(I helped save b3ta! koit WWW.HIGHASAKOIT.CO.UK, Tue 20 Jan 2004, 17:40, archived)
# Bollocks.
(I helped save b3ta! Baz Fuck off, Tue 20 Jan 2004, 17:42, archived)
# if you wish to just fuck the language for your own purposes
then go ahead. however, the common use of plural nouns dictates the word "are". "Is" may well be grammatically correct if you argue it, but makes you sound like a bumpkin. And i should know.


/twat


edit: upon reading baz's post, what he said
(I helped save b3ta! Ulic hissing slightly, Tue 20 Jan 2004, 17:46, archived)