Srdjan  +  123697 Wed, 03 Aug 05 09:33 PM plz, try to explaain thsi sentence, mostly because of the construct "she's starts" ..during the 3 years I was chasing her, she's starts calling me ... he's starts fast (to play guitar), toofast, but the murmur settles her down where does the contraction come from ? why plural "starts" ? appriciate you answer Srdjan Joined on Tue, Jul 12 2005 New Member 31 Plurals, Contractions

	MrPedantic  +  123707 Wed, 03 Aug 05 11:22 PM  Srdjan wrote: plz, try to explaain thsi sentence, mostly because of the construct "she's starts" ..during the 3 years I was chasing her, she's starts calling me ... he's starts fast (to play guitar), toofast, but the murmur settles her down where does the contraction come from ? why plural "starts" ? appriciate you answer Hello Srdjan It looks like a typo to me. The author started to write 'she's calling...', changed his mind, added 'starts', but forgot to delete the apostrophe-'s'. MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris... Plurals, Apostrophes, Contractions

	Philip  +  123719 Thu, 04 Aug 05 12:38 AM  MrPedantic wrote:  Srdjan wrote: plz, try to explaain thsi sentence, mostly because of the construct "she's starts" ..during the 3 years I was chasing her, she's starts calling me ... he's starts fast (to play guitar), toofast, but the murmur settles her down where does the contraction come from ? why plural "starts" ? appriciate you answer Hello Srdjan It looks like a typo to me. The author started to write 'she's calling...', changed his mind, added 'starts', but forgot to delete the apostrophe-'s'. MrP I agree with MrP.  With regards to the "plural 'starts'", the 's' on starts makes it 3rd person singular, rather than plural, as you indicated.  's' on a noun makes the noun plural, but not on a verb. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Nouns, Verbs, Regards, Plurals, Apostrophes, Contractions

	Srdjan  +  124119 Fri, 05 Aug 05 12:01 PM ciao, thanks those who replied to my quest. I am not sure that this is really a typo, I have found so many examples and the last one I gave is from the English book "A half world away" by Tom Bromely. By the way, I am not adveretising the book. There are many examples on the WEB, it must have been a slang. I don't think that any mistake could easily creep in the book after so much censoring. What do you suggest ? Srdjan Srdjan

	Roro  +  124126 Fri, 05 Aug 05 12:26 PM Hello Srdjan, I couldn't find neither the book "A half world away" by Tom Bromely nor similar examples online. {quote=Srdjan} I don't think that any mistake could easily creep in the book... ：） I wonder sometimes: we notice typos in our own writings, only in prints! never in proofreadings. Why on earth? Puzzling... Roro Joined on Mon, Apr 11 2005 Regular Member 581

	Srdjan  +  124133 Fri, 05 Aug 05 12:43 PM soz Roro,  I've given yout the wrong title. book is: "Half a world away" by Tom Bromley (you won't find the book online). or open the link: http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22she%27s+starts%22&meta= Srdjan

	Roro  +  124137 Fri, 05 Aug 05 12:58 PM Hello Srdjan, Interesting. Yes, I opened that link and found lots of examples (including normal examples, 'she starts') in them. Most of them are 'Seiten auf Deutsch.' I have no idea. (I'm not native, sorry.) Roro

	Srdjan  +  124141 Fri, 05 Aug 05 01:13 PM Roro, ok, never mind... i guess sometimes BEn can be equally confusing to natives as well. Appriciate you look  at it. P.S: if anyone had an idea, it would be good to see your suggestions... Srdjan    Srdjan

	goldmund  +  124156 Fri, 05 Aug 05 01:50 PM Dear sir, I have examined the pages with «she's starts». Many have spelling mistakes. Many others are sub-literate. You may find many such mistakes on the internet (and in books and magazines also). For instance, in these examples, «she strats» is used instead of «she starts»: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%22she+strats%22&meta= Kind regards, Goldmund goldmund Joined on Fri, Jun 10 2005 Regular Member 581 «Tout homme peut dire véritablement; mais dire ordonnément, prudemment et suffisamment, peu d'hommes le peuvent.» - Michel de Montaigne Regards, Spelling