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WCDT 29 Nov-3 Dec (1806-1810)

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akronnick:
Only if you want some poor prescriptivist bastard's head to explode...

 :psyduck: :mrgreen: :psyduck: :police: :evil: :angel:

jwhouk:
Going from slashfic to "who's a biatch" to pop psych to MORE slashfic to arguing over grammar...

I feel like I need someone to say, "Please keep your hands, arms and legs inside the ride at all times" over the loudspeaker.

Wiregeek:
if its any consolation, my biggest problem with the vast majority of slashfic _is_ the horrible grammar.

Kugai:
But would the wreck of the Faye Whittaker get a song written about it?

zadojla:

--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 30 Nov 2010, 19:49 ---Likely, she uses a variant of Southern American English, where the rules are completely different and her wording is totally correct.

--- End quote ---
I just spoke to my daughter the linguist about this, and here is the deal according to her:
A compound subject ("Sven and me") would take a plural verb ("were"), but in some dialects (American Southern!) there is something called "was-leveling".  You've all heard it, it's when all tenses of a verb become the same as the third-person singular.  "Officer, we was just headin' down to the general store."
I am now done boring you all with grammar.  Seriously, two pages worth?  What next?  Can we, shall we, might we, talk about modal auxiliaries?  They use double modals in Kentucky.  "You might should go to the doctor."

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