Desert Dingo and nuffsaid,
Oh! For goodness sake! Don't you recognise the difference between singular and plural?
The(singular) parallel(singular) was( singular verb) the promise(singular)...... YOU WILL ALL GET YOUR JOBS BACK!!
But there is one other parallel at least common to both situations and that is that the promise is patently untrue.
[ 03 October 2001: Message edited by: Flat Side Up ]