John Francis wrote: >On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 08:26:34PM -0400, ann sanfedele wrote: > > >>Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> >> >>>John Francis wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Specialise (rather than specialize) would be correct in the UK. Similarly >>>>an American would expect "Yophoto *is* proud ..." rather than "*are* proud" >>>>(which is the only thing I could see wrong with the original example). >>>> >>>> >>>Yep. All looks like standard British spelling and grammar to me. >>> >>> >>> >>hmmm I see, I had no idea one said "are" after a sigular in Britain , >>or specialise without the s.... >> >> > >The American usage grates on British ears, especially when you get the >"Masterpiece Theatre invites you to join with them ..." which I used >to hear every week. "Invites" is singular, so why do we have "them" ? > > > That grates on this "americun" ear too.... :)
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