19:3619:36, 16 May 2024diffhist+1
Fairy Falls, Trefriw
Falls is plural; the verb to be refers back here, not forwards. This is proved later in the same paragraph when are is consistently used after 'falls'.currentTags: Mobile editMobile web edit
16:2516:25, 7 December 2023diffhist+2
The Begwns
The verb to be refers back to the plural Begwns not forward to "upland area" and so needs to be in the plural (cf Alps)Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
17:5317:53, 27 October 2023diffhist+1
Judaean Mountains
The plural 'mountains/hills' requires the plural form of the verb 'to be', which refers backwards, not forwards to 'mountain range' as is mistakenly believed here.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
9 October 2022
21:1321:13, 9 October 2022diffhist−1
Ceredigion
Plural items (sandy beaches AND the coast path) require the 3rd person plural form of the verbTags: Mobile editMobile web edit
15:2215:22, 30 July 2022diffhist+1
The Fens
Fens is plural and the verb to be refers back to them not forward to 'region'. This awkwardness could be avoided by saying 'The Fens' is the name of a naturally marshy region. Later in the same paragraph the plural form of the verb to be is used - The Fens were - which is correct and highlights the earlier inconsistencyTags: Mobile editMobile web edit
20:2420:24, 3 July 2022diffhist+1
Margalla Hills
Hills = plural. The verb to be here refers back to 'Margalla Hills' not forwards to 'hill range'.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
20:5220:52, 11 May 2021diffhist+1
Phoneutria
Phoneutria is a plural word. The verb to be here refers back to phoneutria not forwards, so it's irrelevant whether genus is singular or plural. It would be like saying 'Egyptians is an ethnic group'.Tags: RevertedMobile editMobile web edit
9 May 2021
22:0722:07, 9 May 2021diffhist0
Spaghetti Western
→Production: England only refers to part of the UK. Any productions would have been British, almost inevitably involving people from Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland as well as EnglandTags: Mobile editMobile web edit
21:3821:38, 3 May 2021diffhist+1
Félix Verdejo
Turned into police would mean he transformed himself into the police. The phrase is 'turn oneself in (to someone)'Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
12:4812:48, 19 April 2021diffhist+1
Phlegraean Islands
The verb to be here refers back to Phlegraean Islands not forwards to archipelago. The plural form is requiredTags: Mobile editMobile web edit