[kj] OT more unlikely pairings

sade1 saulomar1 at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 15 15:49:40 EST 2005


You are correct:
 - You are AN american
 - You are THE american
 - You are american

  All three are grammatically correct and mean something
different. :)
  Can we all just conjugate obsolete medieval Russian verbs 
now? 

--- Juliet Pleming <pricepleming at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

> Thank you for supporting my point which I didn't come back
> with because
> I did not want to appear too pedantic. Actually, I wanted to
> see what
> xxxxxxxxxx's response would be to me when I asked about his
> nationality
> because I have noticed like you that he talks about things
> that an
> American wouldn't relate to such as the 'council house
> generation'. I
> have also discovered that his server whitemail.ie is Irish.
> Also like
> you I have noticed that he can be very annoying.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
> On Behalf Of Dudley North
> Sent: 14 February 2005 12:38
> To: gathering at misera.net
> Subject: Re: [kj] OT more unlikely pairings
> 
> A-Z's are so called because they list all the streets in a
> particular
> area in alphabetical order. So there may be one called
> "Cardiff", but
> the title you decribe is more of a route map. Are you thick or
> something?
> 
> Also, "[I] thought you were American" is perfectly valid.
> There's no
> need for an "An". are you thick or something? You wouldn't say
> "I thought you were an English", would you? I suspect maybe
you
> are a complete numbskull.


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