For "dobts" read "doubts"!
Cheers,
O.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Owen Jenkins" <[email protected]>
To: "mogtalk2" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] Fw: If my body was a car-non-mog & grammar
Charles,
There is no verb "to copyright". If there were, its past participle would
be "copyright" not "copyrighted". "Copyright" is a noun and an adjective.
So you would be better saying that the piece is copyright. There is no
such thing as "copyrighting" a work, at least in Britain. One may claim
copyright in a work. One may also own the copyright in a work. One may
register copyright in a work. If you want to know a bit more about
copyright, read this: www.copyrightservice.co.uk .
Whilst the non-word "copyrighted" is in common use on the internet, it is
not English. I'm not convinced it's correct American, either. I even have
my dobts about it being correct in Nigerian English.
While we're on the subject of grammar, the title of the piece should be,
"If my body were a car". Note the use of the conditional tense.
Regards,
Owen,
who has been marking a lot of dismally ungrammatical and frequently
incomprehensible exam papers lately, and is getting thoroughly sick of
widespread, wanton abuse of the beleaguered English language.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Hill" <[email protected]>
To: "mogtalk2" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] Fw: If my body was a car-non-mog
Warning. This is copyrighted. The author is very quick to demand
royalties and threaten to sue. I know of several local British car clubs
that have published this in their newsletter or on their website and were
contacted by the author's attorney. This is not hearsay. My own local
MG Car Club got one of the letters.
Charles Hill
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