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On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:53:13 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:57:54 +0000
Recliner wrote:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 20:28:39 +0000, Basil Jet
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On 2017\02\15 13:54, d wrote:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:26:31 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:

It's not a continuation of an existing order.

If TfL had had any forsight it could easily have been.

Were the TfL takeover of the West Anglia lines and the electrification
of the Goblin even on the cards when the 378s were ordered?

No

So there was no hint of the goblin electrication back in 2014-15 when the ELL
trains were being extended to 5 cars? Riiiight.

You still seem to think that TfL is as thick as you.

That would be "ARE as thick as you". Using the singular for a group entity is
an americanism.

No, it's simple good English, a concept that's foreign to you.

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-t...e-are-governed

But I'm sure a grammatical genius such as yourself knew that
already.

Yes, I'm familiar with good writing, having earned my rather good living
from it for many years. That's why I'm comfortably retired, and you're not,
despite your advancing senility.

For example, here's an excerpt from the style guide from a grown-up
magazine you may not yet have encountered:

"A government, a party, a company (whether Tesco or Marks and Spencer) and
a partnership (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) are all *it* and take a singular
verb. So does a country, even if its name looks plural."

http://www.economist.com/style-guide/singular-or-plural