Agreement question

[Lisa O'Brien]

Hey there! Thanks for writing me back! You just made my day when I saw your
message! I had one of those days today  and I am not to thrilled about it. I
think I am going to go pamper myself for awhile. Ok well here are some more
pics of me, I would take the time to attach them, but come to think of
it...I don't really know how to do that.
http://www.hotphotopersonals.com/lisaspage/ Ok well I hope you think I am
still pretty!! Teehee!! Ok well I will check back on here a little later,
and see what we should do from here. Ok well, time for me to make my day
even better. See ya later babe!! xoxo Lisa








>From: Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM>
>Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: Agreement question
>Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 13:00:56 -0400
>
>On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 12:53:25PM -0400, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
> >Of course "the stories the team tell" or "the stories the jury tell"
> >are perfectly good English in some varieties, so I'd go for the
> >plural sense rather than the 's' business.
>
>Yes, but at least in my variety of English, and the idiolects of
>others I've asked, "the stories the press tell" is more
>acceptable than "the stories the team tell", however acceptable
>the latter might be in other varieties. So I'm looking for some
>explanation of why there's this discrepancy.
>
>Jesse Sheidlower


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