Hi Nicol,
Well, what Filch says to Sarah when capturing her isn't technically
grammatically correct. His use of "we" is what English speaking people
would call slang. In other words, everyone knows he actually means "you"
but uses "we" instead. Sometimes people use the word "we" when being
con
I'm 55 years of age. (grin)
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Hey Nicol,
Being a Brit myself, the only explanation I can give you is that we
speak English badly lol. It's a slang thing, tends to be used in
quite a patronising way, like an adult talking down to a child.
Hth
Scott
On 9/3/09, Nicol Oosthuizen wrote:
> Hi all
> Because I am south african, I
Hi all
Because I am south african, I do not always understand the nitty gritty
of english grammar, this is why I thought to pose the following
question.
When filch captures sarah, he says:
We are in trouble, aren't we?
Why does he say, we, and not you?
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