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| Quote: | | Otherwise, you will have to explain your meaning. |
And why? |
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| Wed Jul 09, 2008 0:59 am Possessing "correct"? |
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Since you wrote:
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Them looking after the kids was a great help.
Them looking after the kids were a great help.
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but did not mean to refer to standard English, you presumably had some other context in mind.
How hard can it be to explain what that context was?
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| Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:44 am Possessing "correct"? |
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| Quote: | | but did not mean to refer to standard English, you presumably had some other context in mind. |
And why should I have intended to refer only to standard English? |
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| Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:53 am Possessing "correct"? |
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| Molly wrote: | | Quote: | | but did not mean to refer to standard English, you presumably had some other context in mind. |
And why should I have intended to refer only to standard English? |
[immensely patient]
If you know that you did not mean standard English, you presumably know what you did mean.
It should therefore not be difficult for you to explain what you meant.
[/immensely patient]
(Rusty and Pete will be sorry to have missed this thread.)
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| Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:02 am Possessing "correct"? |
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| Quote: | | [immensely patient] |
Or patronising.
| Quote: | | (Rusty and Pete will be sorry to have missed this thread.) |
Your usual ploy is to post a link on other forums. Why not this time?
Let Rusty and Co. rename their forum "Standard English Language Questions". |
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| Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:06 am Possessing "correct"? |
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| Molly wrote: | Your usual ploy is to post a link on other forums.
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Do you have an example of such?
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| Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:24 am Possessing "correct"? |
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Your link brings up only a forum homepage.
(As I thought. No examples.)
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| Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:30 am Possessing "correct"? |
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| Quote: | | (As I thought. No examples.) |
Are you saying they don't exist? Why would you need examples of your own posts? |
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| Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:32 am Possessing "correct"? |
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| Molly wrote: | | Quote: | | (As I thought. No examples.) |
Are you saying they don't exist? Why would you need examples of your own posts? |
I only get the Lydbury homepage, when I click on your link.
No posts. No examples.
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| Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:18 am Possessing "correct"? |
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| Quote: | I only get the Lydbury homepage, when I click on your link.
No posts. No examples. |
Same question: Are you saying that you do not post links to my posts on other fora/ums? |
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| Wed Jul 09, 2008 19:24 pm Possessing "correct"? |
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| Molly wrote: | | Are you saying that you do not post links to my posts on other fora/ums? |
Not at all, old thing. But that wasn't quite what you said. Here is your original statement:
| Molly wrote: | Your usual ploy is to post a link on other forums.
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I'm interested to know what constitutes a "ploy", in this context. Do you have an example?
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| Wed Jul 09, 2008 19:29 pm Possessing "correct"? |
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| Molly wrote: | I think you went wrong when you misinterpreted this use of "correct":
| Quote: | Which is correct and why?
Them looking after the kids was a great help.
Them looking after the kids were a great help. |
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Don't forget to explain why I "went wrong"; and what you intended your question to mean, if not "correct in standard English".
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| Wed Jul 09, 2008 23:46 pm Possessing "correct"? |
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| MrPedantic wrote: | Don't forget to explain why I "went wrong"; and what you intended your question to mean, if not "correct in standard English".
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Did you miss this?
| Quote: | Q: When you ask if something is correct, by what standard do you expect an answer, if not standard English?
A: By the "standard" you think it comes from. |
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