Re: 555; was: Re: Who is your favourite electronics guru?

In message <d4p4e2p8bqoghf8plmsumm4oq51u7vqsgp@xxxxxxx>, dated Tue, 15 Aug 2006, John Fields <jfields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Well, I can't disagree with that. It should have been an 'are' instead of a 'do',

I don't agree; it's a case where it's quite OK in English to use the 'generic' verb 'do'.

But haven't you exhausted this spat?
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