enzo Wrote:
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> peekza Wrote:
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> > "For instance, all emails sent to a president
> is
> > passed through such people."
> >
> > Should be "are" instead of "is" Dr.
> Einstein...Any
> > Grammar Ninja worth his multiple degrees would
> > know that...
>
> You are totally correct. Any Freshman English
> major would know that. In transformational
> grammar we would look at this statement as we
> would look at ebonics: What was going on in the
> head? Ebonics follows certain rules that are not
> ignorant. In this case, we have a blatant
> mistake. Why? Well, not because the poster did
> not know that multiple subjects are followed by
> 'are' instead of 'is.' So why was that written
> that way?
>
> That is where a linguist makes decisions. The
> writer is not focussed on emails, but on the
> President. The President is his main point of
> emphasis. Emails ARE, President IS. THAT is the
> sort of analysis that is made by forensic
> linguists. The writer wants to emphasize the role
> of President of the US. --A simple mistake that
> cannot be understood as ignorance of the
> language.
>
> To a linguist, even blatant mistakes in standard
> English are not necessarily signs of ignorance of
> the language or of low intelligence. A person can
> be drunk. A person can be following region
> rules.... A person can be tired. It is of note
> that I did not care to re-read my post.
I am not too big a Champ to admit I need help with my posts at times...
The one and only,
Enzo
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/20/2014 07:07PM by Intractable Insobriety.
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