[78-L] Grammatically incorrect
Alexandre Benoit
pathe90rpm at yahoo.fr
Mon Sep 21 07:57:36 PDT 2009
"Why do you want me to speak 'white' ".
Good one, Ron!
When I learned English as a foreign language, they tought us:
- you can't start a sentence with 'but', but you may with 'however'.
- and the so called 'saxon genitive' can only be applied in relation to human beings.
Example: 'The record collector whose turntable ...
or 'The company staff whose salaries ...' or 'The Parliament whose sessions ...'
BUT I see more and more people THAT use it diffently, like 'the record WHOSE label...'
Alex
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