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Dear teachers,

Is there anything wrong with this sentence, apart from the bad word?

I have heard you've a great liking for the latest $%"! that come out in the market, so I wonder when you're going to buy a 3D printer.

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Dear teachers,

Is there anything wrong with this sentence, apart from the bad word?

I have heard you've a great liking for the latest $%"! that come out in the market, so I wonder when you're going to buy a 3D printer.

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If the bad word is singular, put an s at the end of "come".
 
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What if the bad word doesn't have a singular?
 

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I probably wouldn't use "... that comes out in the market". I would say "... that comes onto the market".
 

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Would there be any difference between them?
 

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What if the bad word doesn't have a singular?

If that's the case, then use "come". However, I'm now intrigued to know what the word is. You put 4 symbols so I assumed it was a four-letter word. The obvious two are "sh*t" and "cr*p", both of which fit the context. I can't think of a plural one that only has four letters. The only plural swear word I can think of that would fit the bill has two syllables and eight letters.
 

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I found a few entries on the internet, which doesn't mean much as you can almost find anything nowadays. Still, I would like to know if there is a possibility that the sentence would be OK to others.

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Well, you've had our opinion on the part about "to come out in the market" so what else are you querying.
 

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If that's the case, then use "come". However, I'm now intrigued to know what the word is. You put 4 symbols so I assumed it was a four-letter word. The obvious two are "sh*t" and "cr*p", both of which fit the context. I can't think of a plural one that only has four letters. The only plural swear word I can think of that would fit the bill has two syllables and eight letters.
Oh, I meant if the word doesn't have a plural. The word is, by the way, the first you cited.

Don't buy all $%^£ that come(s) onto the market!

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Oh, I meant if the word doesn't have a plural. The word is, by the way, the first you cited.

Don't buy all $%^£ that come(s) onto the market!

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Well, very simply, other than when we refer to having diarrhoea as "having the sh*ts", we never use that word in the plural. You would say "You like all the new sh*t that comes onto the market".
 

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Excellent. Although this discussion got a bit off-topic, I would like to know if we couldn't use 'come' as in

Italy are a great country/team.

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Excellent. Although this discussion got a bit off-topic, I would like to know if we couldn't use 'come' as in

Italy are a great country/team.

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You are mixing up two things there. We never say "Italy are a great country", we only say "Italy is a great country". It's a slightly different matter when talking about sports teams. In BrE (but, I understand, not in AmE), we use both the singular and the plural to refer to companies, teams, organisations.

Italy are currently in the lead in the World Cup rankings.
Italy is likely to win the World Cup next time.
Barclays Bank have announced a hike in interest rates.
Virgin Media is taking on a thousand new staff.
 

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Excellent. Although this discussion got a bit off-topic, I would like to know if we couldn't use 'come' as in

Italy are a great country/team.

Thank you

No, completely different.
 

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I wonder why as Italy may represent all team players or citizens as much as $£%£ would represent all new things that come onto the market.

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Edit: EMSR2D2, I didn't see your answers. You're too fast!;-)
 
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