zabadoh@ani.social to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days agoBritish public more likely to prefer Count Binface wins Clacton by-election than Nigel Farageani.socialimagemessage-square96linkfedilinkarrow-up1527arrow-down14
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minus-squareiegod@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·4 days agoIs the “wins” that throws me. Shouldn’t that be “win”?
minus-squareAnn Archy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoCount Binface wins. The election. They prefer he wins. The election.
minus-squareEvilHankVenture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoAs a teacher once made my class chant as we marched around the school, “singular verbs end in s”. Count BinFace is the subject and wins is the verb of the clause “Count BinFace wins…”
minus-squareArrkk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoYeah I’d go with “win in” personally.
Is the “wins” that throws me. Shouldn’t that be “win”?
Count Binface wins. The election. They prefer he wins. The election.
As a teacher once made my class chant as we marched around the school, “singular verbs end in s”. Count BinFace is the subject and wins is the verb of the clause “Count BinFace wins…”
Yeah I’d go with “win in” personally.