Ahoy, people, I need your GRAMMAR help (English is my fourth language, you see). So please be as [grammar] Nazi as you can, I really need that 😆
At the link from today's post, https://x22report.com/omnipresident-part-3/ I see “elections until now has been” but I'd write “have been”. What I've learned, is “singular 3rd person > has, all others/plural > have”. What am I missing? Some exception, or developing and changing tradition?
Countries/national states mentioned are often referred to as 'she' but the verb goes plural -- I take it they are either 'it' as inanimate themselves or 'they' as all-the-people-they-enclose. Some 'motherland' connection, …?
I sometimes see sentences where 'be' is missing to my eye. (Sorry, can not find an example among latest posts right now). Again: as a rule of thumb, words and expressions shorten with time: syllables in words and words without which thought remains understandable, just drop off. Am I observing this process, or just unkempt postings?
Thank you! Just trying to behave! 😇 Because language is a tool, a very precise tool, to be honest. And often a historic document, too. Unfortunately, as said one of my friends from Spain (not Spanish!): “The World is full of people who are fluent in zero language. Do not understand, do not express.”
It is a tool to express, impress, persuade, manipulate, ...
But also it shapes your own brain and intelligence according to how you use language, which language you use and how often. By this it also shapes your view of the world surrounding you and therefore it shapes your world.