On 23/12/2013 6:01 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 11:22:10 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>

>> Or if you live in a media vacuum. :-)
>
> Well, some people do manage to avoid spoilers for a while, so I thought
> I'd be courteous. ;)
>

You are right, of course.
But even I heard about the ending.


>> Sorry, it was a TV play. Every now and again a drama budget is spent on
>> drama.
>
> Well, yeah, but even still - the development process is similar to actual
> theatre productions.
>

There is an obvious difference between drama and the usual.

> No, not taking it personally at all - over here, there is a rather strong
> belief that people get the punishments they deserve.  Which is odd,
> because just as with Walt in BB, it's rarely the case.  Justice wouldn't
> have been death, it would've been a long time in prison, knowing his
> family hated him.
>
> But don't forget that we don't expect the wealthy to pay for their
> misdeeds either.  We call people who get to a position of wealth and
> power who get away with stuff "successful".  Makes me sick.
>

We will have you singing the Red Flag, yet. ;-)


>>>
>>>
>> It is a collective noun.
>> The different branches are singular.
>
> Exactly what I was saying.  One might be talking about a singular "math
> branch."
>
Exactly! Then you should call it Arithmetic (not, "you do the math."), 
Geometry, Trigonometry etc.


-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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