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Most singular verbs end in ''s".

 
 
Reply Sat 28 Nov, 2015 09:44 am
Most singular verbs end in ''s".

Is the sentence OK?

Thanks.
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Tes yeux noirs
 
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Reply Sat 28 Nov, 2015 10:12 am
Some people might use single quotes. What is it supposed to mean?
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MontereyJack
 
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Reply Sat 28 Nov, 2015 12:05 pm
Grammatically it's okay' but it's not true.
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Tes yeux noirs
 
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Reply Sat 28 Nov, 2015 12:58 pm
What does he or she mean by a 'singular verb', I wonder?
MontereyJack
 
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Reply Sat 28 Nov, 2015 01:12 pm
@Tes yeux noirs,
I assumed one with a singular subject-.I,he,she, it, etc-
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Tes yeux noirs
 
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Reply Sat 28 Nov, 2015 02:23 pm
Either that, or the first, second and third person singular, perhaps? - I go; you go; he goes... (only about one third of these end in 's')
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Tes yeux noirs
 
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Reply Sat 28 Nov, 2015 02:24 pm
I doubt he or she will answer.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sat 28 Nov, 2015 03:40 pm
It also ignores the second person singular--i go, thou goest, he goes. Of course, we no longer use the second person singular, but it is a valid objection to the seeming thesis of the thread.
Tes yeux noirs
 
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Reply Sat 28 Nov, 2015 03:54 pm
@Setanta,
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Of course, we no longer use the second person singular


We don't use the obsolete form; we use the modern form which is identical to the second person plural. This is how it is explained in UK schools.

MontereyJack
 
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Reply Sat 28 Nov, 2015 04:33 pm
@Setanta,
You go, set.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sat 28 Nov, 2015 07:22 pm
@Tes yeux noirs,
I have long understood the inadequacies of language use in England.
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