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"12 points go" or "12 points goes"

CiniO · 2011-05-15 22:17:18

In relation to recent eurovision... Which one is correct? Twelve points go to Ireland. or Twelve points goes to Ireland.

15-05-2011 11:17pm

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CiniO

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In relation to recent eurovision...

Which one is correct?

Twelve points go to Ireland.

or

Twelve points goes to Ireland.

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#2 15-05-2011 11:46pm

Dunjohn

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It really should be the first one, but since the points are given in regular chunks (eight, ten, twelve), I hear a lot of people use the singular with "twelve-points" as the name of the chunk. As in, "The twelve-points [chunk] goes to Ireland."

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