Posted on 11/23/2013 8:44:31 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
Edited on 11/23/2013 8:46:39 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
I don't believe you.
You can't sight a single case.
And if you do site one, it's probably a fabrication.
After all, it's hard to find one just by using your cite.
All the above have been used by Freepers at various times, just to help prove your point.
My personal crusade is to restore the use of "he," "him" and "his" as the singular indeterminate pronoun rather than "they," "them" and "their." "From each according to their ability to each according to their needs" may sound like a politically correct rendition of the Karl Marx quote, but it grates on my ears.
’ Ivy League dimwits couldn’t even know the difference between “lose” and “loose”.’
Lose is what my pants become when I loose weight...
Is... Joke. :-) [/Russian accent]
Thank you :)
Those students are a bunch of full colons.
All I can surmise is that their parents talked that way, and their teachers never taught them to practice saying it correctly. As you hint, all one has to do is to substitute a singular subject, and the correct object just falls into place naturally. If the student is taught to do that - to think about the sentence as if the subject were singular, rather than several things, the answer is obvious.
It wasn't by accident that I used the name "Brian" in my example. Brian Kilmeade on Fox & Friends makes that error all the time. Therefore, he sounds like a dunce. And, now he's written a book! Who knew?
You’ll see “I” incorrectly used in place of “me” far more often than the other way around. I have a theory about the cause. Toddlers often substitute “me” for “I” and (at least when grammar used to matter) get corrected for it. I think many people interpret the correction as “Using ‘I’ is more grammatical than using ‘me’.” As if “me” is somehow an inferior word and to be avoided.
But really creative!
...is the correct form. Because...
"What" is the subject of the sentence and it is singular.
They were probably taught it in the Graduate School of Education. I’m sure these people will all be wonderful teachers! Their students won’t be able to spell or punctuate, but they’ll recognize dozens of instances of racial micro-aggression each day.
We had an supervisor where I worked who was an attorney. In a meeting she said “if you have any questions, come see Bill or I”. I wanted to raise my hand and correct her but I didn’t. How can you make it through law school without knowing grammar???
Thank you :)
“FR is by far the fastest sight I routinely use.”
I rest my case, for the moment.
For those who don’t know what this is about:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3094702/posts?q=1&;page=101
Thirty years ago it was important. From what I see these days, that is no longer the case.
future teachers of America
Yep.
Touche, Balding_Eagle, touche!
P.S. I know there should be an accent mark over the “e” but I don’t know how to do it.
ALT + NUM LOCK + 0232 = è
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