Philip Tellis wrote:
I could pick out a few hundred such colloquialisms borrowed primarily
from American television, but our list doesn't endeavour to be correct
to the dot on grammar and spellings. We don't even require English to
be the medium of communication. One of the cool features of
'conversation mode' lists is that we can always ask for clarification if
a particular word could have multiple meanings.
Its not about English or grammer, its about using proper singular or
plural words according to the need. This basic rule would apply to all
languages not just English.
The mail was only to create awareness. 'Any' represents a singular
choice/option/entity so 'way' cannot be plural.
How does this sounds.....Rony is a members of this list. Philip is a
computer engineers.
The word 'anyways' is so glaringly wrong that everytime anyone uses it
anywhere, I feel like yelling, "No No its not anyways its anyway anyway
man !!". :D Whats more surprising is that it is used by those who speak
English in a very sophisticated or stylish way. My own classmates who I
met after many years use this word and their English is otherwise much
better than mine. :)
Regards,
Rony.
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