Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Languages change - or develop, if you will - even American English. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard L Ritter, Jr" <hlritter@mindspring.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 6:20 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] re: 'merican language > In my field, medicine, I am appalled at how many educated individuals > commit so many crude, and flagrantly ungrammatical, errors in speech. I > hear registered nurses, BSNs with college bachelor's degrees, saying > things like "I seen her yesterday" or "I been there twice already" or "He > don't do that any more". I even know a thoughtful and cultured radiation > oncologist who regularly commits mis-usages like "I discussed the plan > with he and his wife". > > So much fun, being a language curmudgeon! > > --howard > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Douglas Nygren" <dnygr@cshore.com> > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 8:44 PM > Subject: [Leica] re: 'merican language > > >> Seth, between you and I, people don't speak so good as they used to. It >> amazes me how many "educated" people use a subject instead of an object >> with the preposition "between." >> >> I make my share of mistakes. I guess I shouldn't complain. >> >> Doug >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information