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They as singular pronoun.


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And why don't those who pule and micturate about using they as a singular pronoun also pule and micturate about you as a singular pronoun. And in the nominative case no less!

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what he said!!!


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which are the one you run across the most in the wild?

Don't know if this fits the bill but Kiwispeak is full of double split infintive negatives.

Yeah Nah, too bloody right mate! It was definitely game of Two halves for sure eh?

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Kiwispeak is full of double split infinitive negatives.

But the question is, do Kiwi peevologists deprecate such locutions?


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do Kiwi peevologists deprecate such locutions?

Well,generally no. But outsiders may perceive it as being funny.
Culture and language eh?

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Originally Posted By: olly


Don't know if this fits the bill but Kiwispeak is full of double split infintive negatives.

Yeah Nah, too bloody right mate! It was definitely game of Two halves for sure eh?




Umm. Onliest negative I see in here is "Nah" and I don't see any infinitives. Was this sposed to be an example of double split infinitive negatives?

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Included under unnecessary expressions are phrases such as "In my opinion", "but I think that....", "However in my own experience....", "It seems apparent to me that...." etc etc

..since if it weren't your opinion you wouldn't assert it

That's my opinion


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Onliest negative I see in here is "Nah" and I don't see any infinitives.

'Too right' is the common saying the 'bloody' is added for emphasis.

Was this sposed to be an example of double split infinitive negatives?

Nah. I was trying too hard to be smart.

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BTW, re which/that, I have been reading Jonathan Swift's Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue. with the aim of seeing how he handles which/that with respect to restrictive clauses. He has a couple of restrictive clauses that he introduces with that but the vast majority he introduces with which.

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