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It's a particular colloquialism of an American dialect. "Got" means "has". Otherwise, this is grammatically incorrect.
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Hello Casi.
> But in my dialect, Canadian English,
> as I am sure American English shares the same colloquialism (?), it's acceptable:
> There are two deers in the park.
So, do you think whether "deers" is used or not depends on areas?
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Yoko:
Some of my dictionaries say that "deer" is both the singular and the plural form.
Additionally, Yoko,
There is one deer in the park.
There are two deer in the park.
"deer" doesn't take -s in the plural. It's a mass noun. But
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A bit late. Sorry. Sean O'Leathlobhair wrote on 14 Jul 2004: It's quite common in the lower registers of AmE. It ... confirm that "stolen on me" is common enough in left-pondia. I have a sense that 'x on me' is not
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Let me ask a question about the following sentence. They really knocked our radars back with white noise. (p475,Red Rising ... thing back I don't know what movement the thing will get by being knocked back, especially when it is radar. Thanks
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I'm not sure this is actually directly an issue of ... grammatically correct English but never say "please" and "thank you". But would it still be proper English? I think that there is more to speaking a language than just
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Why do you regard nous as scouse? I think it an unlocalized colloquialism. Good rhyme, though. That's 'cause it's a grouse. m.
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ob a.u.e: "nous", an obscure Manichaean term for "spirit" or "vital intelligence" is still quite common Scouse dialect for intelligence or common sense. Why do you regard nous as scouse? I think it an unlocalized
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ob a.u.e: "nous", an obscure Manichaean term for "spirit" or "vital intelligence" is still quite common Scouse dialect for intelligence or common sense. Why do you regard nous as scouse? I think it an unlocalized
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Where is "missing"?
Missing is a place that is not here and not known, I guess?
I would say, "She is missing", but I have heard "went missing" many times.
I think that maybe sometimes it could be used like a slang phrase.
Such as
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