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Re: Proper English? - -Perception- - 23-12-2013
Think harder..
Re: Proper English? - Hypernoma - 23-12-2013
(23-12-2013, 12:43 AM)-Perception- link Wrote: Anyhow, I am afraid Hyper might be on to sth there.What do you mean afraid haha?
Re: Proper English? - Dom - 23-12-2013
I don't think anyone who is sane studies anglistics :o
Re: Proper English? - Dom - 23-12-2013
Whoever deleted this forums posts needs to be banned right away, AT ONCE!
Re: Proper English? - Hypernoma - 23-12-2013
(23-12-2013, 01:00 AM)ON_Dom link Wrote: Whoever deleted this forums posts needs to be banned right away, AT ONCE!You sure about that?
Re: Proper English? - Dom - 23-12-2013
We have found the culprit take him away at once! ;D Wait Hyper I thought you were revising?
Re: Proper English? - Fred_Frederickus - 23-12-2013
What's this, it's supposed to be about English.
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Ban 4 Ever IMO:Re: Proper English? - Hypernoma - 23-12-2013
Trying to but policing the idiocy that is creeping into this thread is both interrupting and annoying me.
Keep this on topic or I will close it. I have left it open so far as it does relate to an interesting and oft debated usage of a somewhat archaic english tense. There is great confusion over the usage and distinction of was/were and if but one member of this community learns more about the english language from this discussion then I feel it is not a waste of my time. Do not make me regret this.
Re: Proper English? - Malong - 23-12-2013
Was. "Presents" is the object of the prepositional phrase of "of presents" and not the subject (which is the singular "amount").
Either way, grammatical rules state you use "number" instead of "amount" when it is not a single item, e.g. "a large number of presents" versus "a large amount of water."
Re: Proper English? - clickeverywhere - 23-12-2013
You don't use amount in this case. Thread over.
What various other people in this thread have already stated.