No, you're confusing it with a derelict. Bob
> > I think PDML is also a dialect, right? > Very expensive though. > > Frits Wüthrich > > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 22:38, Bob W wrote: > > > >> What about the use of "would have" for "had"? As in, > "If I would > > > >> have written it properly, nobody could have been offended". > > > >> Correct US use? It sounds diabolical to me. > > > > > > > > It's a colloquialism or vernacular in US English. > > > > > > According to my English (language, as hey came from both sides of > > > > the > > > > > pond) teachers, this is grammatically incorrect. The "If" > part of a > > > conditional does not take a form of will; the latter part does. > > > > > > Here is a Scottish one that stuns me: "I would have went". > > > > > > Kostas > > > > don't take your language teachers' pronouncements too > seriously. Many > > of the things that people decry as 'bad English' are in > fact dialect, > > and perfectly normal within the dialect. The English language (like > > any natural language with a large number of native speakers) is made > > up of many, many dialects which blend into each other (dialect > > continuum). Standard American, Standard English, Scots > English and so > > on are just different dialects. > > > > Most native speakers use different varieties of the language in > > different situations - we speak differently at home, with > friends, and > > at work. Many people go so far as to speak a different dialect in > > different situations, and some dialects have achieved a certain > > prominence and are used as a lingua franca, but they are no more > > 'correct English' than any other dialect. > > > > -- > > Bob > > -- > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
