Re: Any iMac rumors?

On Jan 8, 11:59 am, Michelle Steiner <miche...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article
<48ce90d1-055d-4902-95a1-3acb880d8...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,

 Empedocles <dwer...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Give me a sentence that illustrates your point.

My point is not what you you assumed it was, so no illustration is
necessary.

The only way I can know what you mean is to give me an example in a
sentence.

I already did.

When? Where? Give me an example of a collective noun that has a plural
verb in a sentence, according to American usage. That's all I ask.
Just give me one, damned, sentence.

"Group" can also be a descriptor of what "herd", "council", and
"team" are.  And that is the sense in which Wes used the word.

Give me a sentence as an example. Wes is also welcome to give an
example.

"Herd", "council" and "team" are examples of groups.

(By the way, the commas are deliberately outside of the quotation
marks.   See <http://www.thisistrue.com/faq.html> and look at item
11.

The old British/American argument, again. If you're in the UK, do
what they do. If you're in the U.S., do what they do.

How you blithely ignore the part that says, "The American system is
illogical and counterintuitive:".

I feel sorry for your students.

I feel sorry for your English teachers. You never learned subject/
verb agreement.

On the contrary; I learned it very well.  I also learned that collective
nouns can be considered to be plural in other nations and societies.  If
you were not a pedant, bordering on xenophobia, you, too, might be able
to understand that.

Ah, there we go. Just give me a sentence that illustrates what you
just said. I'm your student. Teach me. I'm as liberally educated as
you, so don't tag me with xenophobia. I'm getting bored with your
unwarranted assumptions.

Christ! People like you use "pedant" as a pejorative term to discount
those who apply language usage rules. One professional writer in this
thread has already expressed his problem with others using split
infinitives. The Associated Press has a style book, followed
religiously by professional journalists. Who died & made you queen?

Stop hiding behind name-calling, etc. Just give me a sentence that
illustrates what you've been maintaining, all along. I'm getting
bored.

Just give me the sentences I asked for, so I have a better idea of
where you're coming from. That's fair, isn't it? I suspect you can't.

I suspect that no matter what examples I give, you will reject,
misstate, and/or misinterpret them.

I'm a teacher, remember? Your ideas and self-worth are safe. I'll be
fair. Just give me a sentence to illustrate that in American English
usage, a collective noun can have a plural verb. I'm not out to win.
I'm out to learn, as I think you are. Try me.

I suspect you have no more idea of what you're saying than I do.

I know exactly what I'm saying; your reading-comprehension problems are
not my fault.

That's unfair.

I'm willing to learn something.

I doubt that.

Also unfair.

--
Support the troops:  Bring them home ASAP.

To this, we agree.

.

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