Samuel Dravis Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Next you'll be onto us about our spelling. We can't even get colour right! Or is it color? It'd be great if we knew what dialect of English we need to use on these questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 dialect? There's only English. And American Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabish Bini Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 Dark_Lady wins... again. Here's another: The verb 'to be' is unusual in that it has three differnet singular forms: 'I am', 'you are', 'he/she/it is'. Is it ever correct to say 'I is'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Devon Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 If someone's name is 'I', then yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabish Bini Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 Wrong. Seriously, who is going to be called 'I'? My question still remains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 Actually, I know someone who goes by 'I'. Makes for very confusing conversations with her, but we do say "I is going to be there" when referring to her. So ED is somewhat right. However, I think the answer you're looking for is that is it's all right to use 'I is' when referring to the actual letter of the alphabet. A very uncreative example is, "I is the ninth letter of the alphabet." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabish Bini Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Rogue Nine gets it perfectly. "I is the ninth letter of the alphabet." Exactly the answer I was thinking of. I"m starting to run out of questions. Is this sentence gramatically correct: John, where Bill had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had the teacher's approval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Lady Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 No. In the first piece, there is no sentence, just a random name (possibly intended to be a noun of direct address, or maybe the subject, in which case there should be no comma after it) and a dependent clause, which can not function alone. The second piece is grammatically correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabish Bini Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Wrong. Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Lady Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Wrong what? Split the "sentence" at the semicolon, since the semicolon in this instance is being used to separate what should be two stand-alone sentences. "John, where Bill had had 'had', had had 'had had'" is not grammatically correct. There is no subject, literal or implied. "'Had had' had had the teacher's approval" is grammatically correct. And wikipedia is hardly the place to go when looking for grammar rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Wrong what? Split the "sentence" at the semicolon, since the semicolon in this instance is being used to separate what should be two stand-alone sentences. "John, where Bill had had 'had', had had 'had had'" is not grammatically correct. There is no subject, literal or implied. "'Had had' had had the teacher's approval" is grammatically correct. And wikipedia is hardly the place to go when looking for grammar rules. Too true. There are some...mhm, amusing articles on Wikipedia...I once came across one using 'four-tuple'...??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabish Bini Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Oh, I didn't see the semi-colon there, ah well. @Darth InSidious - Four-tuple? What's that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediMaster12 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Four kids. Like twins only there is four though even I am not sure as to the correct term for four babies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Lady Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Quintuplets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I thought it was quadruplets? ;o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Lady Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 It is. I misread JM12's question somehow. (my mom was bugging me to look at wedding pictures because I edit and restore old photos for people)[/end excuse] Yep, I officially messed up. Moral of the story: never answer things hastily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediMaster12 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Dark Lady: Quint means five. I can see where you made the mistake though. Rogue: You know for sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Lady Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 It is quadruplets. And yep, quint means five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Well, the system for referring to things in a set is pretty straightforward. 2 = twin / double /dual 3 = triple(ts) 4 = quadruple(ts) 5 = quintuple(ts) 6 = sextuple(ts) 7 = septuple(ts) And so on and so forth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediMaster12 Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Thanks for the clarification Rogue. I could never remember past three when it came to kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabish Bini Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 @#Rogue Nine - You forgot 1=single Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediMaster12 Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 That is a given Akuma On another note: Has anyone ever noticed that there is an alarming frequency of Eng majors that make simple grammar mistakes? My dept chair is an anthropologist and he is a stickler for grammar. He will dock point off your paper for bad grammar. I recently received paperwork from the Eng Dept and there were errors all over the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Lady Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 At the beginning of my college English class, my teacher handed us all sheets of paper that explained the point of the class, what she wouldn't tolerate, etc. Smack in the middle of a paragraph talking about how she wanted good grammar was a grammar mistake, glaringly obvious. I despised that teacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 @Dark_Lady--That can't be any worse than printing 100,000 glossy copies of our company's 'Misson Statement' for all to see. (Oh, how I cringed...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabish Bini Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 LOL. That's pretty poor English skills. I would've been laughing my head off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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