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Old 16-10-2013, 05:59 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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"David Hill" wrote ...

On 16/10/2013 16:55, Spider wrote:
On 16/10/2013 14:51, Gary Woods wrote:
David Hill wrote:

Around £10,000 were stolen from a house
Or should it be
Around £10,000 was stolen from a house.

English or American version?




English, no doubt!;~). How does the American version differ, if it does?


Well the English could well be "Some tea-leaf made off with the dosh"

It certainly would round ere gov.
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