The twenties were an exciting time

>the twenties were an exciting time
>the twenties was an exciting time


Well, Veeky Forums?

>the neighbours were a pair of fuckable girls
Id say were

Were, m8, subject is plural, doesn't matter that the object isn't.

The first one.

What are you, retarded?

was

that's what I thought, but I'm reading some random biography of Marshall McLuhan that I got at the library, and it uses "was"

I guess even illiterate people can write/edit books now.

Under the strict prescriptivism of and 'were' is correct.

A counter-argument can be made by offering the plural number subject as a set. Compare:

"Twenty dollars is a lot of money."
versus
"Twenty dollars are a lot of money."

So, if the intention is to nudge the reader to think of "the twenties" as a discrete unit of time, then 'was' is also nice and will suffice.

were you lived it

was you didn't live it

Either is acceptable.

This is a difference in British/International and American English.

> the government were told about the law
American
> the government was told about the law
British/International

>The 1920s ____ a decade of relative prosperity

Were/was?

>the period of time were an exciting time
?????

You can singularise any plural like that

>If a stranger knocks on your door, tell him to leave
>If a stranger knocks on your door, tell them to leave
Well?

Either.

> The years 1920-1929 were an exciting time
> The period 1920-1929 was an exciting time

'Him' or 'her'.

'Them' is third person plural.

First is fine unless you're in earshot of a strong womyn.

Second is fine and common where I live but would be frowned upon in some parts of the world.

...

We had a whole thread of autism for is one, we don't need it again.

scoff

OP sentence's "The Twenties" are clearly conceived as one entity that described ONE particular historical period, now each year within it. The subject describes a whole, not a group of many

I know it's a very popular SJW thing to use such examples to justify their retarded pronouns, but on a logical level, I feel like "them" makes more sense. "A stranger" clearly means a large number of potential strangers, and saying "him" randomly designates them as males only

scarf

Will be

As an American, I hear the latter almost exclusively. I'm sure there are people who would say "were," but "was" is much more common in that sentence.

You can pluralise any singular, durr.

Both are correct

>thems tvventies wore'n som intressen happenings

Двaдцaтыe гoды были зaвopaживaющим вpeмeнeм

>""""'english""""" """"""language""""""
>not absolute shit

> "was" is much more common in that sentence
Yes, in America.

Everywhere else, 'were'.