grammar

Howard S. Rosen hsrosen@emi.net
Sat, 18 Jul 1998 19:38:27 -0400



>>"The Lindeman family have been building pianos for 85
>>years."  Jim Harvey or Susan Kline, can you correct the grammar?
>>
>>Bill Maxim

This is actually correct grammar in England where many nouns are plural to
them but singular to us. This is evident in Hemingway's "The Sun Also
Rises". In England you will often hear phrases like "The crowd are
cheering" etc. It sounds funny to us, but correct to them.


Howard S. Rosen, RPT
Boynton Beach, Florida


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