LL-L "Morphology" 2004.01.25 (02) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]
Subject: "Semantics"

> From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
> Subject: LL-L "Semantics" 2004.01.24 (04) [E]
>
> >> "A lot of people are ... " where probably gramatically more
> >> correct would be
> >> "a lot of people is ...".
>
> Why would anyone say this in the first place? Both alternatives
> sound awful
> to me. What's wrong with "many people are"?
>
> Or, as another easy way out: "lots of people are..."

"A lot of people are..." is the way I would always say it.
In Scots, "Lots o..." is never used, and this carries over
into Scottish English.

Unless you think Scottish English is awful? Well, that would
be fair enough  :)

Sandy
http://scotstext.org/

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