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Old July 4th, 2008, 12:40 PM

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Default Re: Unexpected humor

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capnq said:
"A handful of magic death gems was found in the prime of the season."

(Random event, Early Spring)
If you're saying that was should be were, as written it's actually fine British English. The way collective nouns should be referred to is one of the differences.
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