Committee of Conundrums: Paradoxes of the Plain English

The meeting was held on 1003-2003, a most auspicious occasion, as it was also a leap year. Present were esteemed members of the Committee of Conundrums, all gathered to discuss the Paradoxes of the Plain English.

The Chair, a bespectacled owl, began by reading from a scroll, detailing the intricacies of the 1024th Amendment to the Plain English Act.

• Item 1: The paradox of the plural noun.
• Item 2: The conundrum of the collective noun.
• Item 3: The absurdity of the abstract concept.

The discussion was heated, with the Vice-Chair, a wise-cracking wolverine, positing that the plural form of the word "house" was, in fact, the true source of all confusion.

Other members of the Committee weighed in, with the Secretary, a befuddled badger, insisting that the true problem lay with the prepositional phrase "in front of the house."