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Posted: 16 Aug 2014

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heron in the river

heron in the river
grey heron - Ardea cinerea
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 Howard Somerville
Howard Somerville club has replied
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Actually is is you who *was the pedant here.

As always, it depends on the context, the sentence and the general style. To answer that , I'd need a specific example.

* I think that 'was', not 'were', is correct here, as in "The wages of sin IS death". Perhaps you could ask your friend.
9 years ago. Edited 9 years ago.
 Isisbridge
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He's fine with it. I just wondered what the purist thought.
9 years ago.
 Howard Somerville
Howard Somerville club has replied
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For once I was wrong. It's "you who were the pedant".

The wages of sin IS death because in King James' time, "wages" was a singular noun.
9 years ago.
 Isisbridge
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There weren't no-one on a good wage then?
9 years ago.
 Howard Somerville
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No. But James was a singular spectacle of a king; he was a monocle.
9 years ago.

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