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Sep. 6th, 2007 11:26 pmEnough is enough. Someone explain to me how something with such poor grammar could be up on the official Torchwood site? OK, yes, Torchwood, but: "it was just stood there"???
I've been noticing this a lot lately (just ask![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
trakkie), this grammatical construction. "He's sat next to Jensen"; "jared was sat next to jensen"; "now he's sat on the end of the bed"; etc. Who conjugates verbs like that? Is this some common British colloquial conjugation I've just never heard of? I see a verb conjugated like this about once a day and it's like nails on a chalkboard.
It was just standing there! or It just stood there!
He's sitting next to Jensen! or He sat next to Jensen! or He's seated next to Jensen!
Jared was sitting! or Jared sat! or Jared was seated!
Now he's sitting on the end of the bed! or Now he sat on the end of the bed! or Now he's seated on the end of the bed!
And even then I'd object to the abbreviation since it confuses "was" and "is." Just, argh people!
I've been noticing this a lot lately (just ask
trakkie), this grammatical construction. "He's sat next to Jensen"; "jared was sat next to jensen"; "now he's sat on the end of the bed"; etc. Who conjugates verbs like that? Is this some common British colloquial conjugation I've just never heard of? I see a verb conjugated like this about once a day and it's like nails on a chalkboard.It was just standing there! or It just stood there!
He's sitting next to Jensen! or He sat next to Jensen! or He's seated next to Jensen!
Jared was sitting! or Jared sat! or Jared was seated!
Now he's sitting on the end of the bed! or Now he sat on the end of the bed! or Now he's seated on the end of the bed!
And even then I'd object to the abbreviation since it confuses "was" and "is." Just, argh people!