On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 01:48:48PM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 01:12:54AM -0400, Mark Filipak wrote: > > On 2014/5/11 11:08 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: > > -snip- > > > More worrying are the strange ammendments that American English is > > > imposing (or has imposed) on us people who speak the proper English! > > > > I'm sorry, but as an American I have to come out of lurk mode for this... > > > > What you tried to write, Chris, refers to those "who speak" in the > > nominative case. The phrase at the end of your sentence should therefore > > begin "we", not "us". May I suggest "we who speak proper English!" > > instead of "us people who speak the proper English!" > > Maybe all that is missing is a comma? > > ".. imposing (or has imposed) on us, people who speak the proper > English!" > > ;)
That part was meant as bit of a joke. I thought about it when I wrote it and had visions of Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett talking over a cup of tea. :) Although, I still wonder why American English *HAS* to be different! The phrase "only in America!" springs to mind here. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X
