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- John Craig
- Virtually everyone who knows John finds him completely tactless and insufferably opinionated. He sees himself as refreshingly honest. That said, this blog is still an excellent way to kill time while putting off work. If you're a newcomer, you might find browsing through the older posts an amusing waste of time as well.
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I think it's probably correct - "women" is a cumulative noun so one would actually use the word "spells" instead of "spell." :)
Anon --
I disagree. If the verb referred to the first three words of the headline, it should be singular. But "women" is still plural, so it sounds wrong.
Would you say:
"Men is stronger"?
"Women is more nurturing"?
"Women in Combat" can be taken as a single thing, since it's the name, so to speak, of a movement, or philosophy, or something, and is virtually the same as "Putting Women in Combat", so "spells" does sound more correct to the American ear, at least. BTW, I give you credit for the Chavez link here:
Israeli Ladies in Combat
Actually, just put "Women in Combat" in quotes, and the spells seems perfectly all right, because you're referring to the title, or name, of an idea.
Baloo --
Okay, I'm outvoted.
BTW, I think you're getting me confused with Steve Sailer on that link, but thanks anyway. (It's certainly flattering to be confused with him.)
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