Re: [mogtalk2] Fw: If my body was a car-non-mog & grammar

[Roger Tatton]

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I think you're on a losing wicket with your students Owen, the BBC used to use good English but no longer.  I wish they would stop using 'trial' as a verb.  People don't trial a new drug, a new piece of equipment etc. Try is the perfectly good verb associated with the noun trial.  Only one example of a noun commonly used as verbs, there are far too many others to list. End of today's minor rant. Roger -- On 09/06/2012 00:06, Owen Jenkins wrote: 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. View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/mogtalk2@listbox.com/ Modify Your Subscription