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Old 09-01-2009, 12:48 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by grahamvtr1000 View Post
clubs etc are generally not regarded as 'one' due to the fact many parts make a club, if that makes sense.

As for American English, that makes it wrong as English is English that comes from er, England (wow do i sound sarcastic!! )
True, in my opinion British English is the 'correct' English, but sadly the Americans have taken it and made some changes.

The one thing that really infuriates me is the saying "I could care less." IT makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. What the speaker is saying in that instance is that he could actually care less about the topic at hand, which implies that he does care about it. The proper way to say this is "I couldn't care less", which is actually grammatically correct.

I'm sorry if I come across as being a know-it-all, but this is one of very few subjects that I take interest in (football is obviously one of those subjects )
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