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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.
10 years ago. Edited 10 years ago.
 Isisbridge
Isisbridge club has replied
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He's fine with it. I just wondered what the purist thought.
10 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.
10 years ago.
 Isisbridge
Isisbridge club has replied
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There weren't no-one on a good wage then?
10 years ago.
 Howard Somerville
Howard Somerville club has replied
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No. But James was a singular spectacle of a king; he was a monocle.
10 years ago.

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