>From: Kendra <kendra@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: Re: THEORY/USAGE: irregular English plurals (was: RE:
>Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 12:34:53 -0700
>
> > Nik:
> > > I can't speak for John, but for me "the team are" is as ungrammatical
>as
> > > "the man are"
> > And Tom Wier & John Cowan, like good North Americans, concur.
> > Are any of the following okay?
> > 1a. My family were arguing with each other.
> > 1b. My family was arguing with each other.
> >
> > 2a. My family were behaving themselves.
> > 2b. My family was behaving themselves.
> > 2c. My family was behaving itself.
>
>Personally, I would use none of those.
>I'd strike out "were arguing," "were behaving," and "was behaving itself"
>right off. I don't know if "My family was arguing with eachother" is
>incorrect, but it doesn't sound right to me. I'd rather say something like
>"Everyone in my family was arguing," "my family was arguing," "the whole
>family was arguing," "everyone in the family was behaving themself," etc.
>
>-Kendra
>
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>
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