Search results for 'tag:American English tag:Predicates' matching tags 'American English' and 'Predicates'

Re: Fun Learning Jokes :)

Lakshwadeep — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:23:12 GMT

You, mctastic, truly didn't understand the point of the quotation that precedes the word "Handey." If you would notice, then you would have realized that "Handey" is actually the American humorist Jack Handey. Why else would someone put the word "handy" in parentheses after a quotation? Perhaps you did not realize that you are the one who misspelled: you wrote "should" as "shoukd" and also wrote "seen" instead of "seeing."

Also, for my whole life I've never heard an American English speaker use "nut" as an predicate adjective. Remember that this forum is for people who are learning English as a second language. It is unproductive to blindly criticize a word when you don't even realize it is a person's name. Please be more aware of your own mistakes before you decide to judge those of others (of which Kooyeen had none). Finally to quote from you, with better spelling, "I just thought I should let you know as you were correcting the person above you when you needed correcting yourself!"

Re: Is/Are -- Strange sentences

Kooyeen — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 01:55:47 GMT

Ok guys, thread resolved:

From BBC Learning English Service --- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv149.shtml

We now need actions rather than words.

What we now need are actions rather than words.

Actions rather than words are what we now need

And from "The Columbia Guide to Standard American English" --- http://www.bartleby.com/68/45/245.html

What I need is names and addresses and What I need are names and addresses are both Standard, although the notional attraction from the plural predicate nominatives will tend to make the plural are the choice.

I could have searched for this stuff before posting, I'm sorry. Anyway I want to thank you all for having expressed your opinions.

Grammar

Guest — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:18:06 GMT

When the subject is expressed by a group noun it must be agreed with the predicate in the singular or in the plural form? Please, explain the difference between American English and British English. Thank you for your help from Russia.