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And not a person of/in 'good stood'!And of course he could be a person in ‘good standing’
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And not a person of/in 'good stood'!And of course he could be a person in ‘good standing’
By George, I think he's nearly got it!Standing is a verb and an adjective though.
A. It tells us what the man is doing.
B. It describes the man to differentiate him from anyone else there, for example people who are seated.
Not true, it all depends on past or present tense and what is meant by sat. If you were directed to sit at the bar, you would have been sat at the bar.You could use the word 'sat' to say "The man (or I) sat at the bar", but to say "The man (or I) was sat at the bar" is grammatically incorrect in Standard UK spoken and written English.
If you were directed to sit at the bar, you would have been sat at the bar.
the rules of English grammar are often wrong. The ‘rules’ have been made up to try to describe people’s speech, they are useful but usage ultimately will trump* them .No, in that context, you would have been seated at the bar. Yes, context is important, and at every relevant point in this discussion you'll see that I have referred to the context of my original example.
You can try as much chaff and obfuscation as you like, but it won't alter the rules of English grammar. Now give up or I'll set Stephen Fry on you!
The rules have been constructed in an attempt to make things clear and intelligible. For instance, take my original example of "The man was sat at the bar", if that were grammatically correct (in the afore mentioned context) then you could be left wondering whether the man was sitting at the bar, or whether the man had been instructed/invited to do so.the rules of English grammar are often wrong. The ‘rules’ have been made up to try to describe people’s speech, they are useful but usage ultimately will trump* them .
*sorry, rude word .
It’s amazing really how humans got along for a million years or so with unclear and unintelligible speech until the grammarians (grammarists?) came along to save them . It was probably the invention of pubs (by the neanderthals, judging from some of the behaviour of their modern clientele) that necessitated rules about ‘sat or sitting‘ at the bar that saved them ... and the rest is historyThe rules have been constructed in an attempt to make things clear and intelligible. For instance, take my original example of "The man was sat at the bar", if that were grammatically correct (in the afore mentioned context) then you could be left wondering whether the man was sitting at the bar, or whether the man had been instructed/invited to do so.
That's where grammar comes into play. If you read "The man was sitting at the bar" then you would clearly know what the man was doing. If you read "The man was seated at the bar" then you would know that he had been invited or instructed to do so.
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Just reverse onto your drive in the first place and then you can see if traffic is coming.
Have not paid much attention to that one.................but was it 'set' on a UK main road? If so then AFAIK reversing onto said type of road is against the Highway Code rules!
If they screamed loudly enough then, perhaps, you'd know that it wasn't safe to continue?Why would you want to reverse your children into traffic?
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If they screamed loudly enough then, perhaps, you'd know it wasn't safe to continue?
A rather unpleasant smell shortly afterwards can often provide honest feedback to the driver.A bit like driving on the Continent ... pull out to overtake ... if passenger screams, pull back in!
That's what I was taught! Why would you want to reverse your children into traffic?
Would that be sh!t or sh!te?.....A rather unpleasant smell shortly afterwards can often provide honest feedback to the driver.
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Just reverse onto your drive in the first place and then you can see if traffic is coming.
Surely if there are children with you, you would send them into the road to check if it’s clear? Much as people always (used to?) push the park out first to check if it’s safeThat's what I was taught! Why would you want to reverse your children into traffic?
You obviously don't have a big shopping trolley full of stuff and drive a large vehicle (required for work). I have to pull in bonnet first into a supermarket parking space so I can unload the trolley into the boot of the car, as I can't get the trolley down the side of the car to reach the boot if I reverse in. Plus, that's a great way to dent or scratch other people's cars... which annoys me as my car has two such trolley dents in it.Just another example of letting technology think for you, ok until it goes wrong, wonder who would get the blame
I always reverse into parking spaces, far easier to see when you leave them, which in supermarkets seems to be a problem
from the amount of times people have reversed out almost into me !
Did your parents often tell you to go and play with the traffic?Surely if there are children with you, you would send them into the road to check if it’s clear? Much as people always (used to?) push the park out first to check if it’s safe
Not always, some councils have regulations for allowing dropped kerbs for driveways. Unless there is a clear line of sight over a minimum distance in both directions, so no trees, bushes, fences or walls, you won't get a dropped kerb. Regardless of even if you are driving forward out of a drive, you are still several feet from the front of the vehicle and getting a clear view. At least if a vehicle is reversing, other motorists or pedestrians have a better visual means of knowing a vehicle is about to move.B****y Volvo advert!
Just reverse onto your drive in the first place and then you can see if traffic is coming.
You obviously don't have a big shopping trolley full of stuff and drive a large vehicle (required for work). I have to pull in bonnet first into a supermarket parking space so I can unload the trolley into the boot of the car, as I can't get the trolley down the side of the car to reach the boot if I reverse in. Plus, that's a great way to dent or scratch other people's cars... which annoys me as my car has two such trolley dents in it.
Now that's one of the benefits taking a huge 4x4 to the supermarket... I can see where I've parked the bloody thing!As for supermarkets, it doesn't really matter whether you drive forward or reverse into a space, you will still get the same people wandering aimlessly down the aisles, not really paying attention to car movements as they try to remember where it was that they had parked.
You obviously don't have a big shopping trolley full of stuff and drive a large vehicle
Also, my wheelchair lives in the boot.
Disabled spaces down here tend to have large areas both side for that, in Tesco they also have a path at the rear between the 2 rows of cars
Yeah but I'd get Here's 6d go .....Did your parents often tell you to go and play with the traffic?
That's fine until some numpty parks about 5 cm from your back bumper! My supermarket mainly has nose-to-nose parking in the car park.Not any more but I used to drive a Volvo V70 estate and always reversed that in too.
At the time I often had at least one family member with me and we would carry the bags down the side
I find reversing into to tight spaces far easier then driving in
I lost a friend to MND last summer. He was 52 and only lasted a year after his initial diagnosis - in spring we were having wheelchair races and by the end of summer he was gone. A truly dreadful disease.
Maybe we should have a WMMST (What Made Me Sad Today) thread
Just watched the Rob Burrow documentary the was on BBC2 yesterday, one of the toughest half hours of television I've ever sat through.
For anyone who doesn't know, a couple of years ago, he was playing professional rugby league at the highest level. Shortly after retiring, he was diagnosed with MND and is now unable to walk unaided and has very recently lost the ability to speak.
As someone with a progressive, incurable neurological disease (although nowhere near as devastating as MND), it really hit home for me.
Its not just the motorway.An old annoyance but middle lane motorway hogging. The M8 in central Scotland must be the worst motorway in the world for them. In a 20 min drive today I counted over ten idiots that should have been in the inside lane.
Anytime I have driven on the M6, M5, M1 etc I rarely come across this. Why is Scotland's major motorway so bad
Something I always do at home but got my knuckles rapped by some traffic cops in the USA when doing it in a supermarket car park. Most US cars only have a rear number plate and the police like to see these when cruising around car parks looking for stolen or wanted vehicles.B****y Volvo advert!
Just reverse onto your drive in the first place and then you can see if traffic is coming.