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Old 16-10-2013, 11:43 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Spider wrote:

I can answer my own question: "It would be (a sum of) $10,000 was
stolen".

Pretty much...English tends to treat a group word as plural, and American
as singular. Though we recently say "Congress are idiots" lately. A lot.
I'm sure there's an English corollary.

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