re: #81 calochortus

Somewhat off topic, but if anyone brings up the horror of the English language being ruined by change-not like the good old days when things were allegedly static and proper-I recommend bringing up “you” being both singular and plural. It used to be only plural but that changed in the 1800s and there was a period when perfectly well educated people used “you is” when using the word to refer to one person. The English speaking world ultimately settled on “you are” for both singular and plural, which is why we use a plural verb with a singular subject to this very day.

Whereas in the modern era, we can say “y’all” for the singular and “all y’all” for the plural. Evolution rules.