Off Topic Gigs, Concert and Live Music

It's "If there were..."

A secret friend.

 

They're is such a expert an its me

 

I know. Just checking to see if you were still concentrating...

 

Your friend said that as you are referring to an expert, which is singular, then was is correct.

 

I bet he was 'shakin all over'....

 

Yet again you are wrong

were is the subjunctive tense , whether singular or plural.

Grammar FACT

 

Where are the Grammar police when you need them?...I used to see them on the beat correcting simple grammar errors, now you don't see any any more....Little wonder the standard of written English is declining. Its a crying shame. It rally is.

 

So, the expert were in the room, was he? If you had said people or experts or specialists it would be the case.

Full stop not working on your keyboard? You just seem to use random dots, four, which is meaningless or none.

BTW, I suggest you look up subjunctive. Your friend might be in a mood over it.

 

It rally, rally is. Especially use of its and it's.

I refer you to the earlier post regarding use of number of dots.

 

What’s the difference between one dot and a full stop? Do I need to get myself down to Specsavers?

 

Somebody did that at a Style Council gig in Birmingham around ‘87 aimed it at DC Lee. PW unhooked his guitar which dropped to the ground, making a very loud noise, ran across the stage & dived in after the ****er. Talbot followed, PW’s old man got stuck in before security restored order. Weller got back on stage said something profound & ****ed off. They came back on about 10 minutes later.

All adds to the entertainment.

 

I remember Keith Richards booting someone in the face at Blackpool and it causing a bit of a riot.

 

On the prom?

 

At a theatre. There were front page articles and photos at the time. That was when the important things got prominence.

 

PW's old man would have been the one to avoid in that altercation!

 

Thought he was smart when he took them on....

 

That's Entertainment ...

 

"If I were a grammar pedant from Brid..." is the subjunctive.

"He was a grammar pedant from Brid" is the past or imperfect tense.

I hope you can see the difference.

It's becoming tedious for us all to have to correct your misapprehensions and wrongful assumptions.

 

Come as a bit of a shock to the other guy apparently;


He first felt a fist, and then a kick...

 

You still haven’t quite got what subjunctive is, have you?