Message Forum: Re: "there's a couple"

Re: "there's a couple"

Posted By: Counterpoint, on host 68.221.121.172
Date: Friday, October 20, 2006, at 21:09:34
In Reply To: Re: "there's a couple" posted by Sam on Thursday, October 19, 2006, at 12:34:17:

> > (Examples)
> > "I love to go the beach!", she said.
> > "Really?", he said, "I prefer to defy grammar conventions.".
>
> Ugh. Inside vs. outside is one thing, but this is just pure wrong.

Mathematician Paul Halmos argued for outside, and a math professor at my college takes it further and says he applauds usage like Gabe's here. I don't think I'm brave enough.

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