leos vs taurus

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wheelhomies
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But, Yama, the grammar is fine. Because, as you can see:

"no other sign can really beat a bull, but bulls are peace-loving animals anyway."

When bulls is inserted in the plural, which is the original singular subject of the sentence, the meaning of the sentence is clear. Why, then, according to you, is it still incorrect to replace "bulls" with "they", when, essentially, both words refer to the same subject?
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Oh, Yama. Let's copy and paste, shall we?

taurus has brute strength, stamina and horns, leos are cats, with claws and teeth.
i think both are evenly matched, it depends on who gets lucky.
no other sign can really beat a bull, but they are peace-loving animals anyway.

The very beginning of the statement includes references to how the signs compare to their corresponding animals. The relation was obvious from the first sentence.
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wheelhomies
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Singular ---> Plural has already been covered.

I'll draw upon my immense reserves of Leonine generosity and copy it for ya:

"But, Yama, the grammar is fine. Because, as you can see:

'no other sign can really beat a bull, but bulls are peace-loving animals anyway.'

When bulls is inserted in the plural, which is the original singular subject of the sentence, the meaning of the sentence is clear. Why, then, according to you, is it still incorrect to replace 'bulls' with 'they', when, essentially, both words refer to the same subject?"
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The question is why would he change it from singular to plural? The problem is that he is totally mixing different things if he means what you say he means, astrological signs and animals, symbols and actual things are not interchangeable.

"The colors of the U.S. flag are closely tied to its attitude of superiority.
I resent this attitude of superiority.
I hate the U.S. because it is red, white, and blue."

This example is flawed, because you made a sentence that connects the two, while he didn't.

The first sentence in his post is used as a symbol to symbolize Taurus' strength, it is a tool, why would discuss actual animals, without refering to the thing they symbolize?
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