[muawiyah]

"Freepers are complaining" ~ that's exactly what you said. Stated this way it's INCLUSIVE and includes even Freepers who are not complaining.

It's good to be a grammar nazi, right?

[TChad]

It's good to be a grammar nazi, right?

Dogs are barking in my back yard.

There are five dogs in the yard.

How many dogs are barking?

My answer: It could be two, three, four, or five dogs. Dogs is plural, but no number was specified.

Your answer: All the dogs must be barking, because "dogs" must mean "all dogs."

Do you understand now?