facthunter Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 To not be uptight you don't have to have verbal diarrhea.. Relax and be past tense.. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 I'm beyond tense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Like the bloke who visits the psychiatrist... "You gotta help me, doc! Every night I have the same dream... first, I'm a teepee, then I'm a yurt..." Doctor: "That's easy. You're two tents!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coljones Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 You are partially correct. Both the 2nd Person singular and 2nd Person plural forms in the past tense of the verb to be are "you were". The 1st Person singular past tense form is "I was". So the use of "I were" is a grammatical inexactitude. Your statement " Female version "If you were a carpenter" sung by Joan Baez. Same error. " is incorrect. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 Your statement " Female version "If you were a carpenter" sung by Joan Baez. Same error. " is incorrect. Cheers. Judgement in favour of the Defendant. Case dismissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coljones Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Judgement in favour of the Defendant. Case dismissed. That's the trouble with justice in Oz. The NAZI getting to the judiciary to pervert the course of justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share Posted November 8, 2018 That's the trouble with justice in Oz. The NAZI getting to the judiciary to pervert the course of justice. On Appeal: Upon examination of the evidence it is clear that the reported decision is incorrect. Let the Record show that the correct judgement is to be in favour of the INFORMANT. The allegation of perversion of Justice is dismissed "No Case to Answer." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Both my grammars were terrible and I wish there were special police for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 I feel sympathy for your grampas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 An expression that annoys me is "Not available all stores." If it's not available all stores, it's not available. Period They mean "Not available some stores." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 Here is something to mull over. There is an interesting construction involving the verb "to go" and a subsequent action which is dependent on the doer initiating an action. This construction has two forms: I will go and ...(do something). e.g. I will go and get a spanner. I will go to ...(do something). e.g. I will go to get a spanner. Is one of these correct and the other incorrect, or is there a subtle difference in the meanings, such that, in their place, both are correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I think both are correct, at least in common usage. In fact the second would sound slightly strange to a native English speaker I'd think. Unless you're using it with the addition of the destination, eg "I will go to Bunnings to get a spanner", "I will go to the tool shed to get a spanner" etc. In reality the second is probably "more correct" than the first, but the first would be far more common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I would always say " I will go AND get a spanner ". Maynot be correct, but it,s understood. spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 You could say, I'm going .. to get a (proper) spanner, in a situation where you have decided you can't do it without one. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 I think that the "go and get ..." is the Present Tense usage. To my mind it reflects a dropping of some words whose use would be redundant in a conversation. If expressed fully, I imagine the form would be "I go and I will get ...." The second form gives a reason for going, "I am going (in order) to ..." I am going to There is also the Future tense sense of "to go" ; "I am going to travel by train" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Many dropped words. The intent is to convey.... I will go (to a tool shop nearby and when I get there I will buy) and get a spanner. Just a case of common lazy language. Something we need a grammar police to stamp out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octave Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Dropped words are very common in many dialects. My family and relatives were all born in Yorkshire. Some of my older relatives would say I'm going t shop. But then as my 91-year father says Yorkshire Born, Yorkshire Bred, Strong in't arm and weak in't head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coljones Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Here is something to mull over. There is an interesting construction involving the verb "to go" and a subsequent action which is dependent on the doer initiating an action. This construction has two forms: I will go and ...(do something). e.g. I will go and get a spanner. I will go to ...(do something). e.g. I will go to get a spanner. Is one of these correct and the other incorrect, or is there a subtle difference in the meanings, such that, in their place, both are correct? OME, you have to stop this practise of wandering around castrating mosquitoes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 There’s is also the interesting application of the verb “to go” which involves “go and get....” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 I thought that fixing bee's knees was entomological orthopaedics. I had to start castrating mosquitoes after I got a bad case of the DDTs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 There’s is also the interesting application of the verb “to go” which involves “go and get....” Obviously you refer to the Passive Voice of the verb akin to Norwegian dialectal fukka "copulate," Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Bye Bye, Cop u later. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 That old man river, " he must know something but he don't say nothing" deserves a visit from the grammar police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octave Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 That old man river, " he must know something but he don't say nothing" deserves a visit from the grammar police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Old thread, but more appropriate than Gripes. It really upsets me when people use "seen" instead of "saw". eg. I seen an old man in the street.... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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