there is/are (out smarted by KG3??)

**dingoman13** · 20th September 2012 08:16

Originally Posted by keekwai

"How many whatevers in whatever?

"More than one"

Whatever.

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Originally Posted by fred flintstone

alot of grammar is regional. I doubt you'd ever here an American say 'the team are' but i hear Brits do it regularly. If asked both will give you a good reason for saying the way they did, but bottom line they do it cuz thats how its done where they were brought up. it just sounds right to them. IMO anyway...

Now you're starting to make sense.

Also the Brits use the French spelling "colour" while the Mericans are not so faggy and spell it "color".

Same with "litre", "programme" and "douche".

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post #1: The Q was not ho many colors....

Originally Posted by you_me_no_savy_talk_talk

One of the questions on the back of this card was... "what colours are there on the flag?" and I gave an example answer.. "there is red and blue".

So I was right all along with: "...there are red and blue". Ha!