Apparently right now, David Cameron is appealing to the nation ...
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... I doubt that very much! :) Public Announcement: this message is for the benefit of UK-CPians and may not mean anything to those outside the UK ... apologies to the rest of the world! :-D
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There's a bit of a gap between being socialist and being a callous, money-grubbing, sexually perverted tory.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
there are a lot of
Is, not are. Go to the back of the class.
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There's a bit of a gap between being socialist and being a callous, money-grubbing, sexually perverted tory.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Dalek Dave wrote:
there are a lot of
Is, not are. Go to the back of the class.
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ER...No. There ARE a lot of socialists. The 'socialists' are plural. Give me a call when you get to the back of the class laddie!
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ER...No. There ARE a lot of socialists. The 'socialists' are plural. Give me a call when you get to the back of the class laddie!
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Hell's bells, where did you go to school? There is A LOT of (whatever).
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There's a bit of a gap between being socialist and being a callous, money-grubbing, sexually perverted tory.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Cameron, Osborne and Johnson all at the same conference - hope the Birmingham restaurant owners have checked their insurance policies to see if they're covered against 'high jinx'? Andy B
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ER...No. There ARE a lot of socialists. The 'socialists' are plural. Give me a call when you get to the back of the class laddie!
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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I resent that remark! I'm at work, getting paid by the man for posting on CP when I should be writing stored procedures!
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The socialists are plural, but the lot is singular, and you modified the subject by using it.
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There ARE a LOT of Reasons why I am correct. LOT, in this context, is a collective noun, therefore plural. One could say, for example, "There IS a LOT of Socialism in the Lounge", and that would be correct. But when we are talking about the individuals, then one should say "There ARE a LOT of socialists in the lounge". It is not a difficult concept, surely? Or would you say "There IS many birds in the sky?" Bugger me! I forgot about the A! It makes it a prepositional modifier. Of course I should have said there ARE LOTS. Apologies! [Slinks forlornly to rear of class and adorns himself with Conical hat festooned with large capital D]
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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There ARE a LOT of Reasons why I am correct. LOT, in this context, is a collective noun, therefore plural. One could say, for example, "There IS a LOT of Socialism in the Lounge", and that would be correct. But when we are talking about the individuals, then one should say "There ARE a LOT of socialists in the lounge". It is not a difficult concept, surely? Or would you say "There IS many birds in the sky?" Bugger me! I forgot about the A! It makes it a prepositional modifier. Of course I should have said there ARE LOTS. Apologies! [Slinks forlornly to rear of class and adorns himself with Conical hat festooned with large capital D]
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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Precisely my point -- even he's not bad enough.
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Many is plural. There are lots... There is a lot...
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Cameron, Osborne and Johnson all at the same conference - hope the Birmingham restaurant owners have checked their insurance policies to see if they're covered against 'high jinx'? Andy B
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Shed Petition[^]
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... I doubt that very much! :) Public Announcement: this message is for the benefit of UK-CPians and may not mean anything to those outside the UK ... apologies to the rest of the world! :-D
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B
Perhaps CP needs to change the Menu Item under "Community" that now reads "Non-English Language" to: "Cultural Zone Specific Discussions," and then list "UK," and other "zones" ? Or, is that what the "SoapBox" is for ? :) best, Bill
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There ARE a LOT of Reasons why I am correct. LOT, in this context, is a collective noun, therefore plural. One could say, for example, "There IS a LOT of Socialism in the Lounge", and that would be correct. But when we are talking about the individuals, then one should say "There ARE a LOT of socialists in the lounge". It is not a difficult concept, surely? Or would you say "There IS many birds in the sky?" Bugger me! I forgot about the A! It makes it a prepositional modifier. Of course I should have said there ARE LOTS. Apologies! [Slinks forlornly to rear of class and adorns himself with Conical hat festooned with large capital D]
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
Dalek Dave wrote:
LOT, in this context, is a collective noun, therefore plural.
A few points: - Collective nouns can be either singular or plural. - "A lot" is not a collective noun, and nor is "a lot of (anything)". - In this context, "a lot" is not even a determiner (you'd need to insert a relative pronoun into the clause to "convert" it into a determiner); it and it's predicate (or copular, whichever way you want to look at it) noun form the singular subject of the clause, pure and simple. You should have spent less time after hours in the master's quarters, and more time reading.
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There ARE a LOT of Reasons why I am correct. LOT, in this context, is a collective noun, therefore plural. One could say, for example, "There IS a LOT of Socialism in the Lounge", and that would be correct. But when we are talking about the individuals, then one should say "There ARE a LOT of socialists in the lounge". It is not a difficult concept, surely? Or would you say "There IS many birds in the sky?" Bugger me! I forgot about the A! It makes it a prepositional modifier. Of course I should have said there ARE LOTS. Apologies! [Slinks forlornly to rear of class and adorns himself with Conical hat festooned with large capital D]
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Dalek Dave wrote:
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Hello Dave it's good back here innit? I didn't have a clue what you, Chris and Mark were discussing at the front of class just now, it seemed well brainy though.
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There ARE a LOT of Reasons why I am correct. LOT, in this context, is a collective noun, therefore plural. One could say, for example, "There IS a LOT of Socialism in the Lounge", and that would be correct. But when we are talking about the individuals, then one should say "There ARE a LOT of socialists in the lounge". It is not a difficult concept, surely? Or would you say "There IS many birds in the sky?" Bugger me! I forgot about the A! It makes it a prepositional modifier. Of course I should have said there ARE LOTS. Apologies! [Slinks forlornly to rear of class and adorns himself with Conical hat festooned with large capital D]
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
Dalek Dave wrote:
It makes it a prepositional modifier.
:wtf: :omg: :wtf: My ghast is well and truly flabbered.
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loctrice wrote:
I think we tried to get you aussies shoved off to another forum once
Lots of people have tried to get me moved to another forum but they always fail! Mwhahahaaa! :-D
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