On 18 Aug 2003 at 18:06, Dave Massey wrote:
> Message text written by "Pat"
> > "Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now!
> > There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!
> > More than 500.000 already infected!"
>
> This did not originate in the US. If it had it would have said "more than
> 500,000..."
Furthermore, if it came from Micro$oft it (probably) would have been
written in more correct English! There is many bad guys out there,
just as there are dangerous virus.
I may be mistaken, of course. Perhaps the plural of virus is virus.
Is virus a collective noun? In the US variant of English that would
still require a singular verb, I believe. Perhaps the Queen's
English is different. Maybe the author knew we drive LBC's. :-)
--
Jim Muller
jimmuller@pop.rcn.com
'80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+
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