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ah-HA!!!

I thought so!
Tak..."Was the homo sapiens..." is bad grammar!!!

On a side note, just yesterday as I was searching through the highly respected British magazine "Speak Up" (very...

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woof-woof!!!

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Thanks midnight, for clearing that up.

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"Homo sapiens" is a Latin phrase meaning "sentient man". It's singular. In English, when it refers to humans as a species, it is often used with plural verbs, but it is singular nevertheless.[/quote]...

I will add one thing, for grammar.

Homo Sapiens = humans (plural)

Tak, the sentence should be "Were the Homo Sapiens mean to you again."

But, in American "street talk", using "was" instead...

American street talk has nothing to with this. It's just that on this particular occasion, this term was used to refer to one person rather than to the humankind, hence the singular verb...

I will add one thing, for grammar.

Homo Sapiens = humans (plural)

Tak, the sentence should be "Were the Homo Sapiens mean to you again."

But, in American "street talk", using "was" instead...