Just stick with what you know, it's perfectly acceptable English
Quote from: Bad English on June 04, 2016, 09:46:44 PMQuote from: peter w on June 04, 2016, 08:44:50 PM I will get points to an action.This bit is, well, gibberish Peter. 'I will get' points to an action. Just laziness on my part.
Quote from: peter w on June 04, 2016, 08:44:50 PM I will get points to an action.This bit is, well, gibberish Peter.
I will get points to an action.
Quote from: paul_e on June 04, 2016, 09:43:06 PMJust stick with what you know, it's perfectly acceptable English It's perfectly acceptable American English that is now becoming widespread in British English. Like the past participle 'snuck' often replaces 'sneaked'. That said, "Can I get" should always be met with a swift kick to the goolies.
I'm all for Newcastle being 'nailed on' to win the league with Super Rafa. All the expectation, all the pressure, but Ashley still the owner, and the man who took them down still picking the team.
Quote from: damon loves JT on June 04, 2016, 09:56:04 PMI'm all for Newcastle being 'nailed on' to win the league with Super Rafa. All the expectation, all the pressure, but Ashley still the owner, and the man who took them down still picking the team.Hopefully their players are as complacent as their fans and the media. I think they're in for a rude awakening. Apart from anything they seem to be assuming that their better players will stay.
Quote from: Bad English on June 04, 2016, 09:56:33 PMQuote from: paul_e on June 04, 2016, 09:43:06 PMJust stick with what you know, it's perfectly acceptable English It's perfectly acceptable American English that is now becoming widespread in British English. Like the past participle 'snuck' often replaces 'sneaked'. That said, "Can I get" should always be met with a swift kick to the goolies.goolies bit American for me, you mean Bolox
Quote from: villan from luton on June 04, 2016, 02:30:06 AM... Ayew had a horrible attitude in the premiership Really? Yes, he got sent off at the Spammers but I didn't see much evidence of "horrible attitude".
... Ayew had a horrible attitude in the premiership
Quote from: Tony Erdington on June 04, 2016, 09:59:18 PMQuote from: Bad English on June 04, 2016, 09:56:33 PMQuote from: paul_e on June 04, 2016, 09:43:06 PMJust stick with what you know, it's perfectly acceptable English It's perfectly acceptable American English that is now becoming widespread in British English. Like the past participle 'snuck' often replaces 'sneaked'. That said, "Can I get" should always be met with a swift kick to the goolies.goolies bit American for me, you mean BoloxBollocks. Goolies comes from Hindi. I am a Wikipedia expert.
Quote from: peter w on June 04, 2016, 09:51:09 PMQuote from: Bad English on June 04, 2016, 09:46:44 PMQuote from: peter w on June 04, 2016, 08:44:50 PM I will get points to an action.This bit is, well, gibberish Peter. 'I will get' points to an action. Just laziness on my part.This is not a satisfactory explanation of effect of the modal "will" on the relationship between subject and predicate.
Quote from: manic-road on June 04, 2016, 09:08:16 AMQuote from: Mister E on June 04, 2016, 07:39:08 AMQuote from: villan from luton on June 04, 2016, 02:30:06 AM... Ayew had a horrible attitude in the premiership Really? Yes, he got sent off at the Spammers but I didn't see much evidence of "horrible attitude".Horrible attitude? Never seen it myself only a look of being pissed off if we didn't win which was very often. I wished the rest of the squad had Ayew's 'horrible' attitude. If we had that we certainly wouldn't have been in the mess we got into. Give me a team of Ayews over a team of grinning Bacunas every time.
Quote from: Mister E on June 04, 2016, 07:39:08 AMQuote from: villan from luton on June 04, 2016, 02:30:06 AM... Ayew had a horrible attitude in the premiership Really? Yes, he got sent off at the Spammers but I didn't see much evidence of "horrible attitude".Horrible attitude? Never seen it myself only a look of being pissed off if we didn't win which was very often.
Quote from: Bad English on June 04, 2016, 09:58:04 PMQuote from: peter w on June 04, 2016, 09:51:09 PMQuote from: Bad English on June 04, 2016, 09:46:44 PMQuote from: peter w on June 04, 2016, 08:44:50 PM I will get points to an action.This bit is, well, gibberish Peter. 'I will get' points to an action. Just laziness on my part.This is not a satisfactory explanation of effect of the modal "will" on the relationship between subject and predicate.I have no idea what you have just said (wrote).
Quote from: peter w on June 04, 2016, 10:07:11 PMQuote from: Bad English on June 04, 2016, 09:58:04 PMQuote from: peter w on June 04, 2016, 09:51:09 PMQuote from: Bad English on June 04, 2016, 09:46:44 PMQuote from: peter w on June 04, 2016, 08:44:50 PM I will get points to an action.This bit is, well, gibberish Peter. 'I will get' points to an action. Just laziness on my part.This is not a satisfactory explanation of effect of the modal "will" on the relationship between subject and predicate.I have no idea what you have just said (wrote).You don't really need to know about things such as epistemic, deontic, radical and dynamic modality. Or psycho-linguistic constants. But they exist.