Unrelated question, but is it "was confiscated" or "were confiscated".
In case of dollars it would be "was" as the individual dollars are not seen as separate entities and thus doesn't count as plural.
In case of cars it would be "were", as 36 individual cars are seen as multiple entities.
What about Bitcoins? Was or were? I always considered them separate entities as you generally express things in % of a bitcoin - so "were"
NeoLearner t1_ivkkjpg wrote
Reply to TIL: That in 2019, some criminals were caught and 36 BTC was confiscated. The authorities valued the worth at €127,000 at the time and was sold 2 years later for €1.5 million. The criminals were returned €1.3 million due to the fact that the amount was expressed in Swedish Krona, not BTC by Wendals87
Unrelated question, but is it "was confiscated" or "were confiscated".
In case of dollars it would be "was" as the individual dollars are not seen as separate entities and thus doesn't count as plural. In case of cars it would be "were", as 36 individual cars are seen as multiple entities.
What about Bitcoins? Was or were? I always considered them separate entities as you generally express things in % of a bitcoin - so "were"