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Originally Posted by Under the Covers
I ran into a high school English teacher who used "has/had went" and other such constructions. Eeeek!!!
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I am known to exclaim (to myself): "Had I but known!"
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Originally Posted by SneakySnake
It is the bought and brought that really gets up my nose.
I know people that would say "I brought this hat at KMart" or "I bought those children". "Where did you buy those children" I say, only to have blank looks directed at me.  |
I could see "I brought this hat
to K-Mart", although that really begs for a further explanation as to
why.
As for "I bought (sic) those children" ... are you saying they were obtained from some sort of black-market adoption scheme???
Even, "I brought those children" (used correctly) sounds horribly cold. Presumably, they are not the speaker's kids, but I can't see an inquiry resulting in that exact response, without something more, along the lines of, "I bought (sic) those children with me,
because their mum had been rushed to hospital, and I had an appointment I couldn't miss."