Rock_Steady Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) It's an Americanism, so barely acceptable. Referring to gotten, sorry. Hugh has kindly pointed it out to me via PM, but I've left it up to see how quickly someone else finds it. Just for the record, "gotten" is not an Americanism. In the states they speak an older form of English compared to us Brits who speak a more evolved form. The "ten" from gotten is just how it used to be, we've just dropped it off the past participle. Edited February 24, 2015 by Rock_Steady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock_Steady Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) "was" being used where "were" should be interesting example. Agreed it's gramatically OED type wrong. But it's SO common and frequently used by the people here I have figured it's up there same as having an accent or a type of regional slang. This is true of the 2nd Conditional. It used to always be "if I were you...". But since so many English speakers say "was" instead" or "were" it's now accepted in the grammar. Edited February 19, 2015 by Rock_Steady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 It's an Americanism, so barely acceptable. Referring to gotten, sorry. Hugh has kindly pointed it out to me via PM, but I've left it up to see how quickly someone else finds it. Just for the record, "gotten" is not an Americanism. In the states they speak an older form of English compared to us Brits who speak a more evolved form. The "ten" from gotten is just how is used to be, we've just dropped it off the past participle. Wow, that's interesting, I also naturally assumed it was one of those horrible Americanisms. Just goes to show what I knew!!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian@TORQEN Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 See Papa? What expectations can you have from me, a bloody foreigner... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payco Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Their is know way you will either fix this problem becorse you just w'ont Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPhoboS Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I've just seen a thread that made me twitch and feel all weird. I had to bump this up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 So have I 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350zedd Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 .........and breathe! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Too soon, but after he's pm'd Alex and his problem has been sorted, perhaps he can be ATTAK Z'd ...eh? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Too soon, but after he's pm'd Alex and his problem has been sorted, perhaps he can be ATTAK Z'd ...eh? Yup, he's got enough real grief going on at the moment 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 At least he has apologised about his righting Yeah, agree, spelling etc is the least of his worries at the moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian@TORQEN Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) There's blood all over my retina screen! :cry: Edited March 31, 2015 by octet@TORQEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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