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hey mohamed, remember when watmm was making fun of the arab revolutions ?

Well, they're having a mini-revolution against wall street and stuffs like that. I'd recommend you to go to the Occupy Wall Street thread (OWS) and drop a few sarcastic comments in there

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hey mohamed, remember when watmm ..?

watmm isn't one person babar.

 

babar person one isn't watmmm.

 

remember when watmm was making fun of the arab revolutions ? they're having a mini-revolution
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roight, what i'm saying is the people who were making fun of the arab revolutions won't be the same people who are having a mini-revolution :shrug:

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hey mohamed, remember when watmm ..?

watmm isn't one person babar.

 

babar person one isn't watmmm.

 

thank you.

yet :

 

In linguistics, a collective noun is a word used to define a group of objects, where objects can be people, animals, emotions, inanimate things, concepts, or other things. For example, in the phrase "a pride of lions", pride is a collective noun.

 

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In BrE, collective nouns can take either singular (formal agreement) or plural (notional agreement) verb forms, according to whether the emphasis is on the body as a whole or on the individual members respectively; compare a committee was appointed with the committee were unable to agree.[11][12] The term the Government always takes a plural verb in British civil service convention, perhaps to emphasise the principle of cabinet collective responsibility.[13] Compare also the following lines of Elvis Costello's song "Oliver's Army": Oliver's Army are on their way / Oliver's Army is here to stay. Some of these nouns, for example staff,[14] actually combine with plural verbs most of the time.

In AmE, collective nouns are almost always singular in construction: the committee was unable to agree. However, when a speaker wishes to emphasize that the individuals are acting separately, a plural pronoun may be employed with a singular or plural verb: the team takes their seats or the team take their seats, rather than the team takes its seats. However, such a sentence would most likely be recast as the team members take their seats.[15] Despite exceptions such as usage in The New York Times, the names of sports teams are usually treated as plurals even if the form of the name is singular.[16]

The difference occurs for all nouns of multitude, both general terms such as team and company and proper nouns (for example where a place name is used to refer to a sports team). For instance,

BrE: The Clash are a well-known band; AmE: The Clash is a well-known band.

BrE: Spain are the champions; AmE: Spain is the champion.

 

And mind you : i'm not speaking english to have a fucking cup of tea. I'm speaking american because i want to ride a fucking harley davidson.

*inhales meth at 90mph*

 

watmm isn't one person babar.

 

and that would be

 

babar isn't one person, watmm.

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