Are.

[whiskywill]

What has that poor little word "are" done to deserve being relegated to the bin? I am fed up of hearing even Radio 4 newsreaders saying things like "There's two options" or "There's ways of doing this or that".

When I was taught English grammar, the subject of the sentence dictated whether you used is or are.

Is it American or an EU edict?

Rant over...... for now.

 

[Bm101]

I'm a fan of are myself Will. The more the merrier. So much so I prefer are in plural.
I've always said you can't beat a great are's.

 

[whiskywill]

I'm a fan of are myself Will. The more the merrier. So much so I prefer are in plural.
I've always said you can't beat a great are's.

I like it.

 

[kevinlightfoot]

Be careful,the last time I had a rant about spelling and grammar I ended up being called a hypocrite. Although I do agree with you.

 

[NazNomad]

...hypocrit.Although...

No space? :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[doctor Bob]

Father Jack never used, 's

 

[Bm101]

Slow news day.

Be careful,the last time I had a rant about spelling and grammar I ended up being called a hypocrit.Although I do agree with you.

Wasn't the hypocrit that wee beastie in Harry Potter? :|

Grammar's a funny thing ain't it? There was me posting that 'You can't beat a good ares'.
I've been out in the kitchen celebrating Poet's Day with a cider and cooking a curry (quiet now at the back, unless you got up for work at 3 AM, don't judge), and I had a flashback to school English lessons. I'd forgotten that of course you can beat a good ares.

You just need to follow the grammatical rule of the Willing Subjective. :shock:
Ooof. I say.

 

[selectortone]

Use 'is' when the subject is singular, use 'are' when the subject is plural.

e.g.:

there is a way (contraction: there's a way).

there are ways.

A level English (grade 3) 1970 :mrgreen:

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Negative excrement, Sherlock!

 

[Jacob]

...hypocrit.Although...

No space? :lol: :lol: :lol:

also no E :roll:

 

[Paul200]

'Are' is alive and well on Facebook - it's used instead of 'our' mostly :-|

 

[graduate_owner]

If we are going to have a rant over basic English grammar, may I add my two pet hates?

1. I would OF thought, and
2. None WERE injured, none WERE found, or similar. Often heard even on BBC news.

Split infinitives don't bother me so much these days. Double superlatives on the other hand really do annoy me. No idea what a Willing Subjective though and at 11:10 it is far too late to be Googling it. Have you noticed that to Google is now an accepted verb? To Yahoo, to Dogpile or to Alta Vista is gobbledegook but to Google is perfectly acceptable.

K

 

[Phil Pascoe]

The worst from the Beeb this week - the rain will transition to snow.

 

[kevinlightfoot]

Sorry for my incorrect spelling and lack of space it's my typing skills that let me down most of the time. I must also read my post back to myself and double check for the mistakes I may have made. If only you could put right your life mistakes with a simple edit button!

 

[Robbo3]

Is you is or is you ain't my baby, springs to mind.

 

[monkeybiter]

It's the exact same thing. Argh! Exactly the same.

 

[lurker]

spelling does not bother me much as its mostly typos rather than anything else.
What really raises my blood preasure is Use of Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns ( myself. yourself etc)

Some idiot wrote to me last week saying "can you let myself know.........."
No I ferking can't, you pretentious ignorant tw@t

 

[Mark A]

Some idiot wrote to me last week saying "can you let myself know.........."
No I ferking can't, you pretentious ignorant tw@t

You should have replied "Go f**** yourself"

 

[lurker]

Some idiot wrote to me last week saying "can you let myself know.........."
No I ferking can't, you pretentious ignorant tw@t

You should have replied "Go f**** yourself"

Yes well, that would have been grammaticaly correct at least.

 

[Jonzjob]

Use 'is' when the subject is singular, use 'are' when the subject is plural.

e.g.:

there is a way (contraction: there's a way).

there are ways.

A level English (grade 3) 1970 :mrgreen:

You mean as in "I are going "as opposed to "I is going"? And there're ways. I got my O level English when I were in the R.A.F. and that were at Brize Norton in about 1972 when I were 28. The R.A.F. pass mark for any exam were 80%. No grades, just pass or fail. They exams were much are-der then

I've always been lucky in the fact that I never make mastikes 8)