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To what degree do Spelling and Grammar matter? ;-)

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"David Hill" wrote in message ...

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

If you regard the money as individual notes then they "were" stolen but
if you regard it as a single unit of money then it "was" stolen.
It's niggling me.

 
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