Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you.
chaos:
Don't you know? It's just not "cool" to be smart, and commercial television caters to the masses, which are largely of the troglodyte variety. Not all Americans make these sorts of egregious errors. That privilege is reserved for the uneducated and the terminally stupid.
Audrey:
Quote from: chaos on 2009 July 13, 10:22:08
Don't you know? It's just not "cool" to be smart, and commercial television caters to the masses, which are largely of the troglodyte variety. Not all Americans make these sorts of egregious errors. That privilege is reserved for the uneducated and the terminally stupid.
Actually I think it's 'masses, who are...." due to the fact that masses refers to people in this instance. ;)
Even the supposedly erudite Americans on TV still make me cringe with this badly grammar. ;)
Roflganger:
Quote from: Audrey on 2009 July 13, 13:01:37
Quote from: chaos on 2009 July 13, 10:22:08
Don't you know? It's just not "cool" to be smart, and commercial television caters to the masses, which are largely of the troglodyte variety. Not all Americans make these sorts of egregious errors. That privilege is reserved for the uneducated and the terminally stupid.
Actually I think it's 'masses, who are...." due to the fact that masses refers to people in this instance. ;)
Even the supposedly erudite Americans on TV still make me cringe with this badly grammar. ;)
As an American living in South Africa, I have to cry foul. People having casual conversation on a TV show are one thing; newscasters and the like who have a terrible grasp of grammar are another. I can't watch TV in this country without cringing. Note that I'm not referring to the differences between American English and SA/UK English, but legitimately horrid use of the language.
Edited for grammar, naturally.
chaos:
Quote from: Audrey on 2009 July 13, 13:01:37
Quote from: chaos on 2009 July 13, 10:22:08
Don't you know? It's just not "cool" to be smart, and commercial television caters to the masses, which are largely of the troglodyte variety. Not all Americans make these sorts of egregious errors. That privilege is reserved for the uneducated and the terminally stupid.
Actually I think it's 'masses, who are...." due to the fact that masses refers to people in this instance. ;)
Even the supposedly erudite Americans on TV still make me cringe with this badly grammar. ;)
You got me there.
Audrey:
Quote from: Roflganger on 2009 July 13, 13:09:36
Quote from: Audrey on 2009 July 13, 13:01:37
Quote from: chaos on 2009 July 13, 10:22:08
Don't you know? It's just not "cool" to be smart, and commercial television caters to the masses, which are largely of the troglodyte variety. Not all Americans make these sorts of egregious errors. That privilege is reserved for the uneducated and the terminally stupid.
Actually I think it's 'masses, who are...." due to the fact that masses refers to people in this instance. ;)
Even the supposedly erudite Americans on TV still make me cringe with this badly grammar. ;)
As an American living in South Africa, I have to cry foul. People having casual conversation on a TV show are one thing; newscasters and the like who have a terrible grasp of grammar are another. I can't watch TV in this country without cringing. Note that I'm not referring to the differences between American English and SA/UK English, but legitimately horrid use of the language.
Edited for grammar, naturally.
Now that explains why you were so in-the-know about the bandwidth costs here. Where do you live, maybe I can copy your legal version ;D.
Are you talking about the South African use of the English language here? I agree the grammar in this country is up to sh!t. I was born here but bred in various countries and I can't get over how people keep 'taking decisions' instead of making them.
However, my husband and I both notice how often the -ly gets left off the adverbs in the US because we chorus -ly together when it happens - a lot. Even Oprah and her guests do it. I think it is becoming a national standard because people hear the wrong version of the adverb so often on US TV
And labratory??
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