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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
... Yowie wrote: I always find it weird to hear the American term "I'll write you" rather than saying "I'll write *to* you". I don't know when the dropped "to" or the "to the" in your case above first started to be thought of as correct grammar in American English, but to these Commonweatlth English ears, it always sounds wrong. What I find even weirder is the comparatively new "I could care less", when what is so clearly meant is "I could NOT care less"! That one really bugs me! Joy |
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
... Yowie wrote: I always find it weird to hear the American term "I'll write you" rather than saying "I'll write *to* you". I don't know when the dropped "to" or the "to the" in your case above first started to be thought of as correct grammar in American English, but to these Commonweatlth English ears, it always sounds wrong. What I find even weirder is the comparatively new "I could care less", when what is so clearly meant is "I could NOT care less"! That one really bugs me! Joy |
Yoj wrote:
After all, if you say "in THE hospital", you must be talking about a specific hospital, LOL! Generally a person is in a specific hospital. G Yes, but that's not what that usage implies. People refer to "the hospital" to simply mean that the person is in a hospital, any hospital. They're not referring to a previously named one. I'm sure a grammarian could explain this more articulately! Joyce |
Yoj wrote:
After all, if you say "in THE hospital", you must be talking about a specific hospital, LOL! Generally a person is in a specific hospital. G Yes, but that's not what that usage implies. People refer to "the hospital" to simply mean that the person is in a hospital, any hospital. They're not referring to a previously named one. I'm sure a grammarian could explain this more articulately! Joyce |
Yoj wrote:
After all, if you say "in THE hospital", you must be talking about a specific hospital, LOL! Generally a person is in a specific hospital. G Yes, but that's not what that usage implies. People refer to "the hospital" to simply mean that the person is in a hospital, any hospital. They're not referring to a previously named one. I'm sure a grammarian could explain this more articulately! Joyce |
Stormin Mormon wrote:
As I learned in a fire protection course some years ago. A cellar is more than half below the ground level. A basement is less than half below. Oh, interesting. Didn't know that - I just thought they were synonyms. Joyce |
Stormin Mormon wrote:
As I learned in a fire protection course some years ago. A cellar is more than half below the ground level. A basement is less than half below. Oh, interesting. Didn't know that - I just thought they were synonyms. Joyce |
Stormin Mormon wrote:
As I learned in a fire protection course some years ago. A cellar is more than half below the ground level. A basement is less than half below. Oh, interesting. Didn't know that - I just thought they were synonyms. Joyce |
CATherine wrote:
A case in point: what does "cuber-life" mean? :) That is a slip of the finger on the keyboard. She meant "cyber" life. ;-) My backspace key is my most-used key!! OH!! I knew it had something to do with the computer, but I was thinking "cubicle"... except that Yowie works in a lab... Joyce |
CATherine wrote:
A case in point: what does "cuber-life" mean? :) That is a slip of the finger on the keyboard. She meant "cyber" life. ;-) My backspace key is my most-used key!! OH!! I knew it had something to do with the computer, but I was thinking "cubicle"... except that Yowie works in a lab... Joyce |
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