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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Bill Bryson's take on it #131910 08/26/2004 5:54 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York On the whole, Americans lean to the singular and Britons to the plural Nope, nope, nope--the sense *I intend to convey is that the team IS, the family IS, and so forth. Well, that *is what Bryson is *describing.... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Bill Bryson's take on it AnnaStrophic 08/20/2004 6:38 PM Re: Bill Bryson's take on it Wordwind 08/20/2004 6:53 PM Re: Bill Bryson's take on it Jackie 08/26/2004 2:48 PM Re: Bill Bryson's take on it Wordwind 08/26/2004 3:02 PM Re: Bill Bryson's take on it AnnaStrophic 08/26/2004 5:54 PM Re: Bill Bryson's take on it sjmaxq 08/26/2004 7:52 PM Re: Bill Bryson's take on it Alex Williams 08/26/2004 8:33 PM Re: Bill Bryson's take on it Wordwind 08/26/2004 9:06 PM Re: Bill Bryson's take on it nancyk 08/27/2004 12:20 AM Re: Bill Bryson's take on it Alex Williams 08/27/2004 1:01 AM Re: Bill Bryson's take on it Jackie 08/27/2004 1:34 AM Re: Bill Bryson's take on it Alex Williams 08/27/2004 9:14 AM Re: Bill Bryson's take on it wsieber 08/27/2004 12:25 PM Re: ideal families Wordwind 08/27/2004 12:30 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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