Owen ! "conditional tense"? surely you mis-typed "subjunctive mood"
Tim (with a head full of fresh air from driving to work in the Morgan) ________________________________ From: Owen Jenkins [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 09 June 2012 00:06 To: mogtalk2 Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] Fw: If my body was a car-non-mog & grammar Charles, There is no verb "to copyright". If there were, its past participle would be "copyright" not "copyrighted". "Copyright" is a noun and an adjective. So you would be better saying that the piece is copyright. There is no such thing as "copyrighting" a work, at least in Britain. One may claim copyright in a work. One may also own the copyright in a work. One may register copyright in a work. If you want to know a bit more about copyright, read this: www.copyrightservice.co.uk . Whilst the non-word "copyrighted" is in common use on the internet, it is not English. I'm not convinced it's correct American, either. I even have my dobts about it being correct in Nigerian English. While we're on the subject of grammar, the title of the piece should be, "If my body were a car". Note the use of the conditional tense. Regards, Owen, who has been marking a lot of dismally ungrammatical and frequently incomprehensible exam papers lately, and is getting thoroughly sick of widespread, wanton abuse of the beleaguered English language. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Hill" <[email protected]> To: "mogtalk2" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 11:13 PM Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] Fw: If my body was a car-non-mog > Warning. This is copyrighted. The author is very quick to demand > royalties and threaten to sue. I know of several local British car clubs > that have published this in their newsletter or on their website and were > contacted by the author's attorney. This is not hearsay. My own local > MG Car Club got one of the letters. > > Charles Hill ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Limited (registered in England and Wales with company number 524868), ConocoPhillips Petroleum Company U.K. Limited (registered in England and Wales with company number 792712) and Burlington Resources (Irish Sea) Limited (registered in England and Wales with company number 3440053) each having its registered office at Portman House, 2 Portman Street, London W1H 6DU (each company being referred to as the "Company") The information in this e-mail is confidential and for use by the addressee(s) only. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. It may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please advise the sender of the error in transmission and delete the message from your computer. You may not copy or forward the e-mail or use it or disclose its contents to any other person. The Company does not accept any liability or responsibility for: (a) changes made to this e-mail after it was sent or (b) viruses transmitted through this e-mail or any attachment. ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
