Even Fox News is dumbing-down English...
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Posted by: LateForLunch ®

01/18/2023, 11:02:30
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'Not gonna' repost the actual item 'cause it's there for everyone to see on the website if desired - the headline for the show is: "What is: Harry and Meghan?" 

Anybody else notice the issue? Increasingly people misuse plural/singular conjugation. The rule of correct English is that when referring to a single thing, the word "is" applies. When referring to more than one thing the word "are" applies. 

For example, if asking about a lost set of keys one would ask, "Does anyone know where my keys are?" Not, "Does anyone know where my keys is?" Unless one wants to sound, "street" as opposed to, "edumacated" (sic). 

So also in the case of two people "Harry and Meghan". See the word "and" in the preceding phrase is a big clue - whenever the word "and" appears between two proper names or pronounces, it should inform one that the word "are" not "is" describes them. 

Lately it's become common to see examples of this misuse  weekly. It used to be mostly in comments sections but not published on websites or in print journalism. As shown by the latest example (Fox News main page no less) it's finally become common even for so-called "professional" journalists/writers to misuse it!!

The idea that it's alright to ignore rules of English is a bad sign for our general Meritocracy. Without firm boundaries and rules, there is only...chaos. Such a thing is IMO, a legitimate case of a "slippery slope" - promulgation of the idea that there should be nothing firm or unchangeable about the civilized world. 









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Proper English is a dying art these days to me.
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Posted by: Ihavenoname ®

01/18/2023, 21:44:54
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And nobody seems to care about proper grammar either, unless you write a book or apply for a job. Improper abbreviations and informal language are common these days, even if I hate it.

Faux News can go to hell by the way. I hate them as much as I hate CNN.

Just seeing that improper title from Faux News already lowered my IQ. And don't get me started with leftist pronouns like:

He/his
She/hers
Them/they

Not to offend anyone, but why is that a thing? When did that become a big deal? My old school English professor never taught me that!







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Yeah, look up "Esperanto" for a glimpse inside the minds of spaced-out leftist hyper-intellectuals (detached from reality).
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Posted by: LateForLunch ®

01/19/2023, 19:42:51
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Hyper-rationalism (turning cerebral excess into a religion) is part-and-parcel of far leftist dicta. Marx and his ilk were all hyper-intellectuals who believed human beings should behave like robots. 






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I strongly suspect the majority of people that care about "Harry and Meghan" neither care about nor understand grammar.
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Posted by: robertb ®

01/18/2023, 19:20:07
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heh no doubt heh
Re: I strongly suspect the majority of people that care about "Harry and Meghan" neither care about nor understand grammar. -- robertb Post Reply Top of thread Forum
Posted by: LateForLunch ®

01/18/2023, 21:30:32
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Neither spelling, syntax nor grammar. And that thought has a brother...

"Anyone who does not understand mathematics is not really human." - Robert Heinlein 

Bob Heinlein would have felt like a stranger in a strange land with all of this infantile woke BS - calling knowledge itself "raciss". Latest is "experts" claiming that astrophysics is raciss. I kid you not. 

Even though, Heinlein had more patience than I with such people - he merely called them "yammerheads" or perhaps "fools" whereas I refer to them as "cacogens" (the people of the shit).  

One of the best moments of reading The Moon is Harsh Mistress was when a Luna citizen tribunal discussed jettisoning someone who touched a local female inappropriately out an airlock. heh 






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