Hey, as long as its a Brit picking on the colonists, we should ask
him why they can't seem to get "is" vs. "are" right. :-)
Watching BBC news last night on the terrorist bombings, I heard a few
things that would have caused me to deduct points for grammar when I
was grading college papers. Unfortunately, I can't think of a one of
those current examples, so I'll fall back to my old standards.
They say the team "are" expected to win their division. We saw the
team "is" expected to win. They say Parliament "are," while we say
Congress "is."
Dammit, there is just one Parliament, so its singular. Why can't
these English speak proper English?
Oops. I guess it was their language before it was ours, so maybe we
are the deviants.
Bill
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