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Could you please take the time to go over your title before you post, or read it after you posted it, and make sure it's grammatically correct?

Thanks.

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With a little homework you could have easily figured out the poster is not a native English speaker and thus spared making yourself look like a bit of an ass.

Isn't that even more reason to check it for correctness? I know when I write in German I do at least two proof readings before I send it out into the wild, preferably after checking with a native speaker.

Checking with a native speaker is not something everyone has access to on an every-moment basis. Without that, if you're a non-native speaker, how can you tell that something you don't know is incorrect is incorrect?

It's just a link title with an extra s and 'are' instead of 'is'. Not a big f'ing deal.

Interesting to see the see-saw of downvotes from people who agreed with me, to people who apparently agree more with you though.

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