<grumpy old fart mode> Well, it grate on my Oz ears as well.
I'd be surprised if "correct" British usage are for a plural verb after the name of a company. It might be common usage (as, unfortunately, it are here), but that do not make it right. :-)> </grumpy old fart mode> On Sun, 04 May 2008 22:13:08 -0400, "ann sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > John Francis wrote: > > >On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 08:26:34PM -0400, ann sanfedele wrote: > > > > > >>Mark Roberts wrote: > >> > >> > > > >The American usage grates on British ears, especially when you get the > >"Masterpiece Theatre invites you to join with them ..." which I used > >to hear every week. "Invites" is singular, so why do we have "them" ? > > > > > > > That grates on this "americun" ear too.... :) > > ann > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - And now for something completely differentÂ… -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
