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From: The Goobers <docdwarf@erols.com>
Subject: Re: Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java?
Date: 1998/02/16
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tgg@hpl.hp.com wrote:
> 
> docdwarf@clark.net wrote:
> |I am familiar with different rules of the plural being applied in
> |BritSpeak, sure; 'the government are' and 'the ministry are' come to mind.
> 
> False. That's bad grammar in the UK.

How curious... if that is the case then I've frequently heard bad
grammar used on the BBC International Broadcasts and in issues of The
Economist.  Is this a recent change in the rules which hasn't percolated
up to the 'fuddy-duddy' levels inhabited in these August Organizations?

DD