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[bocadillo]

Let the record state you trusted grammar given from a Leeds scum over me.

Thanks Darth.

Sorry to say it, but in this case, Darth is chasing a lost cause.

 

[Darth Vodka]

Let the record state you trusted grammar given from a Leeds scum over me.

Thanks Darth.

ah the joys of doing Greek, Latin, French and of course English at Leicester Grammar School



if you try replacing it with a more regular verb, like carry it's obvious

"you have carried" not "you have carry"

"i carried" is the past tense

the past tense of "i run" is "i ran"

the errors creep in because run is irregular, i run, i ran (not runned) so you get the less erudite members of the northern wastelands saying something like

"you run a good race" after the race...

at the end of the day, languages are spoken not written and you could make a case for the pluperfect taking the irregular present tense at it makes sense when you hear it, but this wasn't the argument...

care to chip in theshites?

 

[Darth Vodka]

Sorry to say it, but in this case, Darth is chasing a lost cause.

huh?

 

[Darth Vodka]

"i carried" is the past tense

i mean past perfect to be more precise...

the imperfect is "i was running"

(shall we move the thread to general? rather OT)

 

[bocadillo]

huh?

thewhites was commenting on BG's use of language in post #89.

http://www.talkingballs.co.uk/showpost.php?p=735277&postcount=89

He has ran off to his stone now.......

As the discussion follows from there, you are chasing a lost cause.

 

[Darth Vodka]

thewhites was commenting on BG's use of language in post #89.

http://www.talkingballs.co.uk/showpost.php?p=735277&postcount=89



As the discussion follows from there, you are chasing a lost cause.

"He has ran off to his stone now" is right

 

[bocadillo]

"He has ran off to his stone now" is right

Is it bollocks! Since when has 'ran' been the past participle of the verb 'to run'?

It only sounds right to you because you have spent so long in Leicester and its environs.

 

[highland fox]

Let the record state you trusted grammar given from a Leeds scum over me.

Thanks Darth.

You are very angry today Alex...I sense tension in the anus

 

[FIF]

OMG - Darth stop you are making things much much worse.

the past perfect is usually used when you are talking about two past actions and want to show which was the earlier of the two actions.

The imperfect? What do you think that is? I was running is the past continuous or progressive.

a living language like English is written and oral...

Anyway it doesn't matter, the leeds kid is a spaz.

 

[Macky]

Is it bollocks! Since when has 'ran' been the past participle of the verb 'to run'?

Exactly, it should be 'runned'

 

[Darth Vodka]

Is it bollocks! Since when has 'ran' been the past participle of the verb 'to run'?

It only sounds right to you because you have spent so long in Leicester and its environs.

aaah

the past perfect is "i ran" and the past participle is "run"

i stand corrected, it takes the participle :icon_redf:icon_redf:icon_redf

i go back to my statement of "if it sounds ok, it is ok" and (as always on these debates) i bow down if proved wrong by wiki

and i found this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lists_of_common_misspellings/H

so apolgies thewhites, you were right, still a c*nt though

personally i say "had ran" sounds fine, but i always bow to wiki

 

[bocadillo]

... i always bow to wiki

Since when did a scholar of Greek, Latin, French and English have to rely on the ever-unreliable wiki?
:icon_wink

 

[FIF]

Since when did a scholar of Greek, Latin, French and English have to rely on the ever-unreliable wiki?
:icon_wink

Don't think the word "wiki" existed when Greek and Latin were going strong, but maybe I should check wikipedia before making that statement.

 

[OldGit]

Fowler Kings English
Fraser Complete Plain Words
Partridge Usage and Abusage

Trust no others

 

[homer]

Alex

I said alex.......

 

[Darth Vodka]

Since when did a scholar of Greek, Latin, French and English have to rely on the ever-unreliable wiki?
:icon_wink

i hated languages, i was a science student

now debates about genetics...

 

[alex]

Alex

I said alex.......

Blame Darth, he instilled confidence.

Yet again Homeypants is right. Apologies and yes, I owe you another beer. You are the best.

 

[bocadillo]

Don't think the word "wiki" existed when Greek and Latin were going strong, but maybe I should check wikipedia before making that statement.

I presume that statement must have some relevance to the present discussion - if only in the mind of FIF.

 

[FantasyFox]

tit-wank? hyphenated?

It's a difficult one but i'm going to risk being derisioned and lump for hyphenated.

 

[FIF]

I presume that statement must have some relevance to the present discussion - if only in the mind of FIF.

It's a strange place to dwell but the only place that I know is real.