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Default OOPS grammatical error! This Is A Keeper!

Sky wrote:
>Sky wrote:
>(snip)
>> Sky, who's favorite fruit is raspberries and peaches!

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>........ whose favorite fruits are raspberries & peaches
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>Dang it - I hate it when I do that and this happens :/
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>Sky, who should've done a better job of proof-reading


Your ampersand is incorrect usage... if you insist it should read;
whose favorate fruit dish is "Raspberries & Peaches"... the ampersand
is not synonymous with "and".

http://www.betterwritingskills.com/tip-w002.html

Actually your first attempt could easily have been attributed to a
common typo (who's >< whose), you should have just left it alone.

"Sky, whose favorite fruit *is* raspberries and peaches!" is
correct... "fruit" is both singular and plural. "fruits" is like
sheeps, shrimps, or fags. You wouldn't say "I'm eating fruits", not
unless you mean you're felating fags. It's a "fruit bowl", not a
"fruits bowl"... not unless it's the "Pansy Superbowl"... or "Bowling
for La Las". LOL