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raven_estrella

Linguistics (and the Amazon Kindle)

Nov 26, 2008 14:47

At my college, we take one class at a time for a period of about a month each. Right now I'm in a linguistics class called Language and Speech in American Society. I almost didn't take the course, but now I'm really glad I did. I feel like it's the perfect compliment to my English major, which normally focuses on literature. I like learning about ( Read more... )

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marmadukesphinx November 27 2008, 17:05:44 UTC

are you talking about putting the word "the" before BBC? I'm not sure what you mean by that part - i am quite thick though, i don't understand linguistical language!

raven_estrella November 28 2008, 00:33:59 UTC

No worries--I probably didn't do a very good job of explaining. Basically, what I'm wondering is this: Do you really say "the bbc ARE doing___" instead of "the bbc IS doing___"? My textbook says that you always use "are" with corporations.

drunken0heart November 28 2008, 15:06:34 UTC

My "Cassell's Guide to Written English" uses Oxfam as an example for subject-verb agreement and uses the singular. A quick scan of the BBC website seems to confirm that they use 'the BBC is...' etc. How confusing!!!

raven_estrella December 9 2008, 06:34:53 UTC

Well, I guess my textbook was wrong! Now I can't trust it anymore... : (