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Could be worse:
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I think darmstadt hadn't twigged that anyone could be confused by that.
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I wonder how much thought went into choosing green as the colour of paper, as the least influential colour to peoples' voting...Originally posted by MaryPoppinsOriginally posted by vetranComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View Post
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The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
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Okay its a little bit more than normal but I have the same problem here with my local elections, there can be an inordinate amount of boxes in which to check. I remember the first time I could vote and they send a sample through the post and it was 4 pages long (pretty much like the photo in speling bee's post) but I still managed it fine and it was in a foreign language...Originally posted by d000hg View Post“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Literacy is great, isn't it?Originally posted by darmstadt View PostThe material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
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UKIP would solve that!Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
Bloody foreign countries, making British people vote in foreign languages!And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Vote UKIN!Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostThe material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
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So because a highly educated IT contractor can manage it, it's not over-complicated?Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
For certain? I I said "the people's" then the people is the subject but if I'm talking about people plural why not "peoples'"? Would it then be "Contractors' collective earnings" or "Contractor's collective earnings"?Originally posted by speling bee View Post people'sOriginally posted by MaryPoppinsOriginally posted by vetranComment
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Were you describing the voting of people, or the voting of peoples?Originally posted by d000hg View PostThe material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
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You can have "a people", "the people" and "people". I'm talking about the latter so what's the rule?
It seems more complex than talking about sheep because "a people" is both singular and plural... but if we are talking about the rights of sheep (an important social issue) would it be sheep's rights or sheeps' rights?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsOriginally posted by vetranComment
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