Plural Instead of Singular

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(Appearances: passers-by itself isn’t ungrammatical)
(Appearances: this is a collective noun being used for one person, but the word itself isn’t pluralized strangely/incorrectly.)
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*Email [[caper]] — Strong Bad recalls setting fire to [[Strong Sad]]'s '''[[underwear]]s'''.
*Email [[caper]] — Strong Bad recalls setting fire to [[Strong Sad]]'s '''[[underwear]]s'''.
*Email [[personal favorites]] — Strong Bad says, "My emails are like my '''childrens'''".
*Email [[personal favorites]] — Strong Bad says, "My emails are like my '''childrens'''".
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*Email [[couch patch]] —
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*Email [[couch patch]] — One of Strong Bad's rejected [[Compy 386]] commands is "um, this time really print me out a million '''dollars''' bill.nofoolin'".
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**One of Strong Bad's rejected [[Compy 386]] commands is "um, this time really print me out a million '''dollars''' bill.nofoolin'".
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**Strong Bad says, "They had to call in a hazmat '''team''' just to hose me hose me hose me down!" [[Has Matt?]] consists of only [[The Poopsmith]].
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*[[New Boots]] — Strong Bad says, "But you made my '''underwears''' showing! Everybody knows I don't wear '''underwears'''!"
*[[New Boots]] — Strong Bad says, "But you made my '''underwears''' showing! Everybody knows I don't wear '''underwears'''!"
*Email [[dangeresque 3]] — [[Homestar Runner]], as [[Dangeresque Too]], suggests to ask "this '''passers'''-by" [[Strong Sad]]/[[Hot Tub]].
*Email [[dangeresque 3]] — [[Homestar Runner]], as [[Dangeresque Too]], suggests to ask "this '''passers'''-by" [[Strong Sad]]/[[Hot Tub]].

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THREE O' DEMS

Often in the Homestar Runner Universe a character will use a plural noun in a phrase where it would normally be expected to be singular. This is particularly used in the context of compound adjectives involving numbers, such as saying "a two-years-old boy" instead of "a two-year-old boy". In addition, this is occasionally done to an already plural word, such as "thems" and "peoples".

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