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It’s understandable, there’s plenty of stupid people to offend!

You mean “there are plenty of stupid people.”

I wonder why people can't write nowadays. I see this spelling more often than years ago

Well, it sounds right. Plenty is a singular noun. Actually maybe it is right. Hmmm. I guess it depends on how many stupid people you think there are.

Depends on the context. In this context, it's likely wrong

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plenty

I just noticed I wrote a nonsensical soup of words there myself lol. No idea what I actually meant by

> I see this spelling more often than years ago

My only defense is a sleepless night

Look at that, even I am stupid!

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