-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Don't fall prey to the notion that differences in grammar have some moral status -- if they were, Europeans would say that Chinese is a barbarian, undeveloped language (oh, some did, didn't they). American English has had over 300 years of separate development and has developed some differences in grammar and usage (not the same thing), almost as big a difference between Standard English (of which we have three in America) and BBC English. (Take a trip to Kent in England to see what I mean)
On Saturday 23 November 2002 6:56 am, m.w.chang wrote: > they are not what my teacher called BBC english. I am not an expert > in english langauge. but the 3 examples you quoted are also American. > I guess the Americans are less concerned about certain grammars than > the native English in England. > > Richard Thompson wrote: > > If you're looking for confusing, how about "take a crap", "take > > that crap". or "taking crap". There's not an "a", a "the", any > > gender, nor any logical reason why anyone would want to "take" any > > of it anywhere, and even if they were so inclined, what form of > > "crap" would it be? I'm so confused - and I was born to american > > english. - -- Robert Black Eagle One gets wise only after being stupid. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE938IwtjSYKkYJrmcRAuBfAJ49j+Tx59KOmq3GUYGvtP2BIp5yZACgijyM GhKnMqqsYN1PW5t8OrA7Awo= =YCYh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
