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		pekk on April 8, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Disney have stolen my artwork "the police is coming" is not correct American English, so it's unclear what you have revealed by using "the police are coming".

rbehrends on April 8, 2013 [–]

I'm not a native speaker, and learned British English in school, American English through informal practice while living there, so I may not have picked the greatest example. :)

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