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What I meant was that, if you go back to my example in green, there isn't the opportunity to mis- or reinterpret the statement to come up with an outcome which requires the plural form of the verb. The example can only be reasonably interpreted in one way.
Caradea and ASp disagree with me. Faldage pokes the borax.
The examples Bingley used were, however, quite open to the interpretations he suggested, and the change in the cardinality of the verb clearly changed the meaning of the sentences.
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