"Was" being the operative word, I'm afraid.

( Kroney, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:05, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Look, I'm all for the English language adapting and evolving, that is the beauty of it.
What I'm not okay with is changing it to accommodate the stupid.
( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:08, Reply)

I didn't say I liked it, I said it was acceptable.
Using your example, it's something to do with a group of people being a crowd and so if you remove part of that crowd, there's less crowd left. Language drift, rather than lack of education.
( Kroney, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:11, Reply)

No, that would be fine under my idea of the rules too.
Less crowd, fewer people composing said crowd. The crowd is a single thing, the people are not.
( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:13, Reply)

Yeah, I know what you mean. For the most part I agree with you.
I'm just saying that the rules aren't as rigid as that anymore.
( Kroney, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:16, Reply)

They should be though, we make too many allowances for thickos.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:17, Reply)

They don't even teach correct spelling anymore.
Grammar's a lost hope.
( Kroney, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:18, Reply)

Which is why we are sending her to Switzerland.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 10:20, Reply)