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• K7JBQ 1,468 Posts

  Sat, Jul 29 2017 2:29 PM

  YankeeJim:

  K7JBQ:

  Jim,

  In the UK, the original wording is correct. Just another example of two nations divided by a common language.

  I beg to differ. Are, in the context it was used, refers to a single entity-WGT. It also infers multiple subjects. There's only one subject-WGT. "WGT and TopGolf" or using "is" instead would make it proper. 

  
  The gist of the comment was to point out that I don't believe Paul.  LOL  ;-)

  Gotcha, but that is how it's said in the UK. Where Americans might say, "Jaguar is returning to LeMans," over there it's "Jaguar are..."

  I know this because when I toiled at AutoWeek, we had a British editor for awhile. He drove the copy editor nuts.

   

   

• dchallenger 545 Posts

  Sat, Jul 29 2017 5:29 PM

  K7JBQ:

  In the UK, the original wording is correct. Just another example of two nations divided by a common language.

  Good thing we left!  Otherwise, we may have NEVER gotten it right

• dchallenger 545 Posts

  Sat, Jul 29 2017 5:32 PM

  K7JBQ:

  "Jaguar are..."

  Well, THAT just makes you sound like a silly pirate.

• Borat74 2,797 Posts

  Sun, Jul 30 2017 11:10 AM

  We  Is not sure what your on about:-)

• dchallenger 545 Posts

  Sun, Jul 30 2017 11:55 AM

  Borat74:

  We  Is not sure what your on about:-)

  The Defense rests.

• SimonTheBeetle 3,645 Posts

  Mon, Jul 31 2017 8:51 PM

  For any language, native speakers tend to make more mistakes and I believe it is quite natural.

  I've heard and seen so many Americans (and a Canadian) saying "He don't care", "She don't get it", tons of this sort so you Americans ain't in a position to criticize others about their grammar and wording. ;-)

• Gepetto1958 4,278 Posts

  Mon, Jul 31 2017 9:05 PM

  K7JBQ:

  Jim,

  In the UK, the original wording is correct. Just another example of two nations divided by a common language.

  and here too up North....so

   

• txzdave 1,316 Posts

  Tue, Aug 1 2017 2:52 AM

           Oh No!

       You've Done it.

                 Their is art in there gnaw ledge.

               Leave ummmmm......two?   Much?

                        Don't doesn't care about We won't (willn't?) and I

                             no knowledge spells well enough that You and ewes and yours....

  Well.....You know.......I dance syllabilically.      Whatever.

                      Your your's best spell it.

                                         Be leavin' or bee haven

                          ~Gotta do it once in a while~

                It's gotta be fun.......It's still worth it.

   

  ~I have Cats that don't mind, Dave~

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

• PaulTon 10,731 Posts

  Tue, Aug 1 2017 4:58 AM

  dchallenger:

  K7JBQ:

  "Jaguar are..."

  Well, THAT just makes you sound like a silly pirate.

  That's so awful it's brilliant! Well played.

   

• Vaibhav5viv 886 Posts

  Tue, Aug 1 2017 5:47 AM

  SimonTheBeetle:

  I've heard and seen so many Americans (and a Canadian) saying "He don't care",

  He don't care but he should of.