zabadoh@ani.social to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days agoBritish public more likely to prefer Count Binface wins Clacton by-election than Nigel Farageani.socialimagemessage-square101linkfedilinkarrow-up1549arrow-down14
arrow-up1545arrow-down1imageBritish public more likely to prefer Count Binface wins Clacton by-election than Nigel Farageani.socialzabadoh@ani.social to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square101linkfedilink
minus-squareiegod@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down3·5 days agoWhat in the hell is that title?
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-25 days agoprefer is a transitive verb, wins is intransitive. They’ve changed “[they] …(would)… prefer [he] wins [it] than Nigel (does)” to “[they] prefer [he] wins [it] than Nigel” which is still correct.
minus-squareiegod@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 days agoIs the “wins” that throws me. Shouldn’t that be “win”?
minus-squareAnn Archy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoCount Binface wins. The election. They prefer he wins. The election.
minus-squareEvilHankVenture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoAs a teacher once made my class chant as we marched around the school, “singular verbs end in s”. Count BinFace is the subject and wins is the verb of the clause “Count BinFace wins…”
minus-squareArrkk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoYeah I’d go with “win in” personally.
minus-squaresnugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThey could have just used “winning” and it would have been fine
minus-squarePaddzr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down14·5 days agoCan we get those AI titles? At least they’d be readable over this abomination.
What in the hell is that title?
prefer is a transitive verb, wins is intransitive.
They’ve changed “[they] …(would)… prefer [he] wins [it] than Nigel (does)” to “[they] prefer [he] wins [it] than Nigel” which is still correct.
Is the “wins” that throws me. Shouldn’t that be “win”?
Count Binface wins. The election. They prefer he wins. The election.
As a teacher once made my class chant as we marched around the school, “singular verbs end in s”. Count BinFace is the subject and wins is the verb of the clause “Count BinFace wins…”
Yeah I’d go with “win in” personally.
They could have just used “winning” and it would have been fine
We try to avoid ing.
Can we get those AI titles? At least they’d be readable over this abomination.
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