Spoony Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 These signs on the tube: MEN WITH RED TIES SPONTANEOUSLY DANCING ON THE TUBE WON'T HURT YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 11, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted September 11, 2013 Couple on "Pointless" this evening. Question: Adjective, beginning with "Q" Q - I - T Their answer: "Quilt" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 (edited) I got 2 pointless answers in the final tonight EDIT: Moonman, they could have saved that with a simple 'ed' Edited September 11, 2013 by StefanAVFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Hands up, I had to google 'adjective'. I can never remember what nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are. It was drilled into us throughout school (ooh), it just never sunk in for me. (Where's that smiley gone where's he smashing himself over the head with a mallet?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 (Where's that smiley gone where's he smashing himself over the head with a mallet?) It's been discontinued due to a Health & Safety complaint. Now you have to fill out three official forms, get them signed by an employee of the 'Mallet-Strike Union' who takes your request to a panel and then if your request is deemed worthy, you're given an appointment to meet with a lady employed by the MSU to administer the mallet-strikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Istanbul is going off again. Only this time it's in my neighbourhood, Huge bins on fire, police requisitioning public buildings for makeshift hospitals. Police have just gas bombed the corner of my road. My eyes are stinging and my nose is running like mo'fo. Hurriyet: Kadikoy Istanbul Now the thing that's pissing me off is all my Turkish friends trying to compare this to the Syria crisis. OK, the police are deliberately firing gas canisters at head height but the level of violence and importance of this protest is nowhere near the scale of Syria. Also, all the protesters **** off in the Summer months to their holiday homes in Antalya/Bodrum and now they come back from their Daddy's house and kick off like petulant boreons again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 None of the footballers were able to score a goal yesterday. None of the footballers was able to score a goal yesterday. Which one is correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted September 12, 2013 Author Share Posted September 12, 2013 Were? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Were? Is correct. Ding ding 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted September 12, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2013 People who consider politics to be a career. Being an elected representative is not and never should be a career.Cow Hampshire has the right ideaThe New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 204 legislative districts across the state, created from divisions of the state's counties. On average, each legislator represents about 3,300 residents. If the same level of representation were present in the U.S. Congress, that body would have approximately 99,000 members, according to current population estimates. Members are paid a salary of $200 per biennium, as are New Hampshire state senators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 5 gas bombs fired by police last night outside my front door and on my street. The most uncomfortable I've ever felt since I watched an episode of 'Last of the Summer Wine' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 The Union Flag flying upside down. I didn't even realise there was a 'right way up' until about 5 years ago and now it can't be unseen. And it is flown upside down all over the land. It would be a nightmare for someone with OCD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Were? Is correct. Ding ding That's what I thought, but my tutor told me it has to be the singular 'was', because 'None' is also singular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 12, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2013 Were? Is correct. Ding ding Is incorrect. Razzzzzzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 12, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2013 Were? Is correct. Ding ding That's what I thought, but my tutor told me it has to be the singular 'was', because 'None' is also singular. Is correct. "None" is a shortened form of "not one". Not one of the of the footballers was able to score a goal yesterday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Were? Is correct. Ding ding Is incorrect. Razzzzzzz. Since when had grammar ever made sense? "Were" is the correct one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 12, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2013 No it isn't. Get over it. And the correct example quoted is logical and makes perfect sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 (edited) No it isn't. Get over it. And the correct example quoted is logical and makes perfect sense. Does the phrase "different than" make any sense? Is it grammatical? Grammar is about what sounds correct, not logical analysis. http://www.grammarmudge.cityslide.com/articles/article/1026513/9903.htm http://data.grammarbook.com/blog/singular-vs-plural/none-were-vs-none-was/ Edited September 12, 2013 by legov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Wet socks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frobisher Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 None can be plural as well as singular. "None of the footballers is any good" versus "None of the footballers are any good", for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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