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> If police police police police, who police police police? I’m pretty sure the fifth ‘police’ (after ‘who’) should be ‘polices’.

• yesenadam 8y ago
  Who rob banks? Robbers. (i.e. I don't think 'Robbers robs banks' is right.)
  • JadeNB 8y ago
    > Who rob banks? Robbers. (i.e. I don't think 'Robbers robs banks' is right.) “Robbers robs banks” is certainly wrong (it should be “Robbers rob banks”), but so is “Who rob banks?” (it should be “Who robs banks?”).
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  • JadeNB 8y ago
    As a follow-up to my sibling comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18410528 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18410528: if your point is that the question should parallel the answer, note that the exchange could also go ”Who robs banks?” ”John Dillinger robs banks.” A question that can only be asked if you already know its answer (so as to decide whether the verb in the question should match a singular or plural noun) is not so useful!
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