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darkemeralds) wrote2007-08-22 11:46 am
darkemeralds) wrote2007-08-22 11:46 am
Can I bitch?
Well, you know I can, but may I? I just got out of a meeting with a newcomer to the project I'm working on. She's a real go-getter type. She had read ALL the background documentation on the meeting subject, and had a stack of material in front of her. She presented herself as generally smart, thorough, and detail-oriented.
Here's a snippet of her conversation:
"So, by now this functional spec has went from your team to the technical team, who've went over it in detail, and it's already went into 'Ready for Review' status..."
Where oh where have irregular verbs went? I've saw English grammar shift a bit over the 20 years or so that I've was watching, but I haven't ran into such an egregious example before. If I'd have knew the past participle was disappearing, I'd have gave a whole lot less attention in school, you know?
And can you believe I've wrote a journal entry with a "grammar" tag? I'm a hundred years old.
Here's a snippet of her conversation:
"So, by now this functional spec has went from your team to the technical team, who've went over it in detail, and it's already went into 'Ready for Review' status..."
Where oh where have irregular verbs went? I've saw English grammar shift a bit over the 20 years or so that I've was watching, but I haven't ran into such an egregious example before. If I'd have knew the past participle was disappearing, I'd have gave a whole lot less attention in school, you know?
And can you believe I've wrote a journal entry with a "grammar" tag? I'm a hundred years old.