Is there an error in this two-way conversation?
A: "Do I have all of your words?"
B: "You have our word, sir."
Yes  |    99 (62%)   | 
No  |    60 (37%)   | 
I would have to agree with 62% of you. "To have your word" is an expression meaning to promise, and you don't pluralize it just because more than one person is promising something. A should have said, "Do I have your word, everyone?" or something similar.
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