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[wwittman]

arconaut wrote on Wed, 22 November 2006 16:40

My pet peeve, when it comes to grammar, is the confusing of plurals   and posesssives when it comes to the letter S. As in: "There are many dog's at the park today." Noah

what bother ME is "THERE'S as many dogs..."

[dcgzr]

Dogs master should not let the dog's loose in the park

[djui5]

What side of the pond are we on?

[Barry Hufker]

There are a ponds?

Barry

[compasspnt]

wwittman wrote on Wed, 22 November 2006 22:26

what bother ME is "THERE'S as many dogs..."

Well, what BOTHERS me is...

[kraster]

Or how about using the plural conjugation of a verb derived from a collective noun.

e.g.

Where are the band?

as opposed to

Where is the band?

[Andy Peters]

wwittman wrote on Wed, 22 November 2006 20:25

Andy Peters wrote on Wed, 22 November 2006 02:47 wwittman wrote on Tue, 21 November 2006 19:49 I'm actually all FOR regional accents.. and not a big fan of Recieved British Pronunciation. I think it's healthy that the Beeb has embraced regional voices. but GRAMMAR shouldn't be 'flexible' Neither should spelling! -a I can spell... it's my TYPING that's suspect. it's why my budding secretarial career was tragically cut short.

I'm debating with myself.  Should I have said, "Nor should spelling!" above instead?

-a

[danickstr]

I believe it is Girl 66.  Which was a Spice Lee movie (he was a spice boy, I think)and brother of Jet Lee.

In Iowa (pronounced ah-owah by the locals)  Root is pronounced like book.  Them ruuts is gonna need rain.

[wwittman]

compasspnt wrote on Sat, 25 November 2006 13:54

wwittman wrote on Wed, 22 November 2006 22:26 what bother ME is "THERE'S as many dogs..." Well, what BOTHERS me is...

sigh.

see note above, under 'typing'

[George_]

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but GRAMMAR shouldn't be 'flexible' and some pronunciation isn't regional.. just wrong.

what about.. getting a beer now.. or 2 or 3.. and relax.

cheers

[wwittman]

must be nice to have nothing ever bother you...


oh wait, that's called a "coma"

[George_]

coma or Swiss-ignorance  

that's why we don't carry guns around.. we don't care about grammmmatics as much as you;) at least my bad english should strike you deep and hard in your grammmmarpart of your body.

Quote:

Jagshemash, I like you! Do you like me?

[wwittman]

I don't mind your grammar... it's the numbered, secret bank accounts...

[George_]

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I don't mind your grammar... it's the numbered, secret bank accounts... Twisted Evil

..because you don't own one..  

shall I open one for ya?

[danickstr]

there was a movie with Steve Martin (Spanish Prisoner?) where someone opens a swiss bank account for him in order to incriminate him in a conspiracy.  Worth watching.

If you have a swiss bank account, the IRS/feds do not know how much you  have in it, they only know you have one, and if it was opened at the time of another major money transaction with any potential link to you, then they get suspicious.