On Saturday, Apr 5, 2003, at 15:01 Europe/London, Joel Wilcox wrote:
This reminds me of the story about the guy who asked the Boston taxi
driver "Do you know where I might get scrod?" to which the driver
responded, "Yes, but I've never been asked that in the future
conditional mood." (Sorry, that doesn't make me feel very > evangelical.)
Ho, ho!! That made me smile widely :>)
Yes, Chris, this sort of usage is very poor and it's on the increase.
In the papers some of it is prevailing because reporters now tend to
quote absolutely verbatim rather than correct the grammar silently for
print. Unfortunately, it would be easier for us just to start another
war ...
Joel W.
No comment - is my wisest reply...
Chris
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