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LunarOne said:
otolith said:
LunarOne said:
People who use the word "sat" instead of "sitting". It's the wrong bloody tense you morons! You were not sat there, you were sitting there. Using sat makes as much sense as saying "I was ate there" instead of "I was eating there". It used to be a Lancashire thing, but now everyone's at it.
It's not a tense thing, it's the use of sit as a stative verb. I THINK I might go for a swim.
The house WAS red.
He HATES turnips.
I've GOT cancer.
If I were Spanish I would explain it as the difference between SER and ESTAR.
In "I am SITTING" the verb sitting should be the present continuous tense or present participle, used with the modal auxiliary verb "am" (to be). To change the tense of the sentence, you only change the tense of the auxiliary verb "am" to either "was" or "will be". Using the past tense of sit (sat) is simply incorrect, not to mention bizarre.
EBRANDON1 said:
rst99 said:
Aslo people who say "I was stood" when it is "I was standing"
Calling the ground the floor - Ground is outside, floor is inside.
Using "to be had" where it is completely redundant. e.g. "there were great views to be had" should be "there were great views [full stop]"
"as best as I can" - primary school grammar.
'Ground is outside, floor is inside' is primary school thinking Calling the ground the floor - Ground is outside, floor is inside.
Using "to be had" where it is completely redundant. e.g. "there were great views to be had" should be "there were great views [full stop]"
"as best as I can" - primary school grammar.
Ground Floors are floors which are at ground level, what else would you call them?
otolith said:
LunarOne said:
otolith said:
LunarOne said:
People who use the word "sat" instead of "sitting". It's the wrong bloody tense you morons! You were not sat there, you were sitting there. Using sat makes as much sense as saying "I was ate there" instead of "I was eating there". It used to be a Lancashire thing, but now everyone's at it.
It's not a tense thing, it's the use of sit as a stative verb. I THINK I might go for a swim.
The house WAS red.
He HATES turnips.
I've GOT cancer.
If I were Spanish I would explain it as the difference between SER and ESTAR.
In "I am SITTING" the verb sitting should be the present continuous tense or present participle, used with the modal auxiliary verb "am" (to be). To change the tense of the sentence, you only change the tense of the auxiliary verb "am" to either "was" or "will be". Using the past tense of sit (sat) is simply incorrect, not to mention bizarre.
The list is so long so I'll use restraint
Politicians (all of them)
Professional atheists
Z listers with a god complex (thick as pig sh#t and usually orange)
Modern music (bag of w@nk)
Acountants (collective bags of w@nk)
Hand wringing liberal left wing banshees with purple hair, tie and die skirt and Doc Martins who shout over everybody
Cities
Ev's
Reality TV shows
Coffee
Salad
Non chocolate biscuits
Mother in law
Mother in law
Mother in law (rancid old witch)
Politicians (all of them)
Professional atheists
Z listers with a god complex (thick as pig sh#t and usually orange)
Modern music (bag of w@nk)
Acountants (collective bags of w@nk)
Hand wringing liberal left wing banshees with purple hair, tie and die skirt and Doc Martins who shout over everybody
Cities
Ev's
Reality TV shows
Coffee
Salad
Non chocolate biscuits
Mother in law
Mother in law
Mother in law (rancid old witch)
Gordon Hill said:
The list is so long so I'll use restraint
Politicians (all of them)
Professional atheists
Z listers with a god complex (thick as pig sh#t and usually orange)
Modern music (bag of w@nk)
Acountants (collective bags of w@nk)
Hand wringing liberal left wing banshees with purple hair, tie and die skirt and Doc Martins who shout over everybody
Cities
Ev's
Reality TV shows
Coffee
Salad
Non chocolate biscuits
Mother in law
Mother in law
Mother in law (rancid old witch)
Fair. Politicians (all of them)
Professional atheists
Z listers with a god complex (thick as pig sh#t and usually orange)
Modern music (bag of w@nk)
Acountants (collective bags of w@nk)
Hand wringing liberal left wing banshees with purple hair, tie and die skirt and Doc Martins who shout over everybody
Cities
Ev's
Reality TV shows
Coffee
Salad
Non chocolate biscuits
Mother in law
Mother in law
Mother in law (rancid old witch)
Jordie Barretts sock said:
How do they pronounce risotto and cosmos?
I know they have problems with erbs, particularly oregg ano. And a route is something that happens when the All Blacks play England
You shouldn't be so hard on the All Blacks! I'm sure the poor little dears are really trying their hardest no doubt, and their record against England in the past 5 years, whilst not great - a draw and a loss - is hardly what you'd call a rout, even if the loss did come in a World Cup semi!I know they have problems with erbs, particularly oregg ano. And a route is something that happens when the All Blacks play England
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