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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    limeygent said:

    dickplumb said:

    Is and it's.

    Correct.
    is and its
    As it's not masculine or feminine and you don't mean it is.

    jizz and tits
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    My own sentance is grammatically incorrect also!
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    The world is yours
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    edited January 2014
    stonemuse said:

    The world is yours

    Whose? The oyster's? Or is it the oysters'?
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    RedChaser said:

    stonemuse said:

    The world is yours

    Whose? The oyster's? Or is it the oysters'?
    Ian Brown's
  • Charlton_Stu
    Charlton_Stu Posts: 3,868
    "Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteers be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe."
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    Charlton_Stu said:

    "Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteers be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe."

    Bololkcs
  • redsek
    redsek Posts: 656
    edited January 2014
    Humour me. This anecdote is worth it...

    A bright freshman student from Texas arrives for the first time at Harvard.Trying to find his way around he asks two random second year students - all New England posh, in that irritating Loyd Grossman style - if they can tell him "where the library's at?" Snorting with pomposity they reply "At Harvard, we never finish a sentence with a preposition." The boy from the south ponders a response, then quietly but confidently replies "Sorry fellas. Can you tell me where the library's at, assholes?"

    A story you can tell the next pedantic Grammar Nazi tosser who attempts to judge your use of English.
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    I don't get what this thread are about
  • Gillis
    Gillis Posts: 998
    Either.
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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,355
    Gillis said:

    Either.


    you say eeether .. I say eye-ther
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    LargeAddick said:

    is and its of course, any doughnut would know that ;-)

    shouldn't the its be it's?

    Yes, because the record belongs to it.

  • sadiejane1981
    sadiejane1981 Posts: 9,012
    MrOneLung said:

    Henry Irving said:

    So we should be singing "We is the greatest team the world has ever seen" and "we is Charlton, Coming in Covered End" : - )

    Thanks guys,

    PS Only on Charlton Life would this question get so many responses : - )

    No because the WE is the plural part not the Charlton.

    On Strictly they say ' the first couple through is....'
    This!

    We can never be followed by is! Charlton Athletic IS singular, there IS only one. We ARE Charlton, as a collective group of supporters we ARE plural.
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    sadiejane1981 said:

    MrOneLung said:

    Henry Irving said:

    So we should be singing "We is the greatest team the world has ever seen" and "we is Charlton, Coming in Covered End" : - )

    Thanks guys,

    PS Only on Charlton Life would this question get so many responses : - )

    No because the WE is the plural part not the Charlton.

    On Strictly they say ' the first couple through is....'
    This!

    We can never be followed by is! Charlton Athletic IS singular, there IS only one. We ARE Charlton, as a collective group of supporters we ARE plural.
    That means that Charlton is an adjective, like "we are red".

    The other issue is when anyone says"I'm going Charlton tomorrow", in which case Charlton might even be a verb.

  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    When this situation arises, best to have a guide, is it. Mine, yoda is. Hmmmmmm.
  • sadiejane1981
    sadiejane1981 Posts: 9,012
    That is correct, supporters are Charlton is an adjective, similar as to say I am a Charlton girl, it's like me saying I am a good girl; Charlton and good are both adjectives.
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,055
    Dazzler21 said:

    My own sentance is grammatically incorrect also!

    So's your spelling!! ;-)
  • Riscardo
    Riscardo Posts: 2,337
    Isn't this about customer service?
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    Fanny Fanackapan said:

    LargeAddick said:

    are their

    Extra tuition for Large in the school hols ?

    :-)


    Cane his arse, Fanny. (Note, particularly good use of the comma there)
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,338
    edited January 2014
    man_at_milletts said:

    Fanny Fanackapan said:

    LargeAddick said:

    are their

    Extra tuition for Large in the school hols ?

    :-)


    Cane his arse, Fanny. (Note, particularly good use of the comma there)
    (Note, particularly good use of the comma there). (Full stop).
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  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    thai malaysia addick said:

    It's a common mistake - even from seasoned journalists. They might put "Manchester United are a good team". It's "Manchester United is a good team".

    No, no, no! Manchester United is not a very good team, innit.
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    .
    Chizz said:

    man_at_milletts said:

    Fanny Fanackapan said:

    LargeAddick said:

    are their

    Extra tuition for Large in the school hols ?

    :-)


    Cane his arse, Fanny. (Note, particularly good use of the comma there)
    (Note, particularly good use of the comma there). (Full stop).
    Pah, I don't piss about with them, Chizz, commas and colons is where it's at.
  • Addicted
    Addicted Posts: 2,804
    limeygent said:

    LargeAddick said:

    is and its of course, any doughnut would know that ;-)

    shouldn't the its be it's?

    Yes, because the record belongs to it.

    Nope

    http://www.its-not-its.info/

    "its" is used for a neutral possessor, "his" and "her" being the masculine and feminine versions.

    Sorry
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    Chizz said:

    man_at_milletts said:

    Fanny Fanackapan said:

    LargeAddick said:

    are their

    Extra tuition for Large in the school hols ?

    :-)


    Cane his arse, Fanny. (Note, particularly good use of the comma there)
    (Note, particularly good use of the comma there). (Full stop).
    Full stops go inside parentheses if an entire sentence is inside the parentheses.
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    cafcfan said:

    Chizz said:

    man_at_milletts said:

    Fanny Fanackapan said:

    LargeAddick said:

    are their

    Extra tuition for Large in the school hols ?

    :-)


    Cane his arse, Fanny. (Note, particularly good use of the comma there)
    (Note, particularly good use of the comma there). (Full stop).
    Full stops go inside parentheses if an entire sentence is inside the parentheses.
    I am sure you are making up words now.
    ;-)

  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    cafcfan said:

    Chizz said:

    man_at_milletts said:

    Fanny Fanackapan said:

    LargeAddick said:

    are their

    Extra tuition for Large in the school hols ?

    :-)


    Cane his arse, Fanny. (Note, particularly good use of the comma there)
    (Note, particularly good use of the comma there). (Full stop).
    Full stops go inside parentheses if an entire sentence is inside the parentheses.
    Correct, another one to join the queue outside the headmaster's door.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,338
    cafcfan said:

    Chizz said:

    man_at_milletts said:

    Fanny Fanackapan said:

    LargeAddick said:

    are their

    Extra tuition for Large in the school hols ?

    :-)


    Cane his arse, Fanny. (Note, particularly good use of the comma there)
    (Note, particularly good use of the comma there). (Full stop).
    Full stops go inside parentheses if an entire sentence is inside the parentheses.
    In AMERICAN English (and there's an oxymoron for you) this is correct. But in BRITISH English, the full stop goes after the end parenthesis.

    (Incidentally, I love the comment (falsely) attributed to HM the Queen: "There is no such thing as American English. There is English and there are mistakes").
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    Chizz said:

    cafcfan said:

    Chizz said:

    man_at_milletts said:

    Fanny Fanackapan said:

    LargeAddick said:

    are their

    Extra tuition for Large in the school hols ?

    :-)


    Cane his arse, Fanny. (Note, particularly good use of the comma there)
    (Note, particularly good use of the comma there). (Full stop).
    Full stops go inside parentheses if an entire sentence is inside the parentheses.
    In AMERICAN English (and there's an oxymoron for you) this is correct. But in BRITISH English, the full stop goes after the end parenthesis.

    (Incidentally, I love the comment (falsely) attributed to HM the Queen: "There is no such thing as American English. There is English and there are mistakes").
    Are you sure? A number of British Organisations, including the Bank Of England, disagree with you. So does The Economist's style guide, which has all sorts of interesting information on a wide array of topics, not just grammar.

    bordeure.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/the-economist-style-guide.pdf

    For example, I've just found out that the horrible American use of "gotten" is not some dreadful mangling of English English but instead is how we used to speak at the time the Mayflower set sail. It's just that the Americans haven't moved on in the intervening four centuries.

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