Words Lacking in English

[mdchachi]

There is no second person plural. If you're talking to a group of people, you have to use "you" (which is really only for one person) or "ya'll" (which is bad English).

Also youse. (See dictionary.com if you're not familiar with this one.)

 

[Brooker]

Dream Time wrote....

nowadays English songs,some words always appear in the songs,such as 'I love you','baby','my heart'...etc

It really depends on what you're listening to. Those kinds of lyrics don't appear in any of the music I listen to, but I don't listen to pop music. If you want some deep lyrics listen to a band like "Tool". You won't hear any "I love you baby" in a Tool album.

Glenn wrote....

it annoys me when people say "there's five dogs in the cage," and the like. It's gotten so bad that people now say it without the contraction: "there is five dogs in the cage." You'll even hear educated people say this. What happened to subject-verb agreement? I want it back.

I know what you mean. I work for a news tv station and OUR ANCHORS often say things like, "There WAS three people at the party". These people should know better. That's the kind of thing a Japanese student studying English would learn as a beginner.

 

[Glenn]

It really depends on what you're listening to. Those kinds of lyrics don't appear in any of the music I listen to, but I don't listen to pop music. If you want some deep lyrics listen to a band like "Tool". You won't hear any "I love you baby" in a Tool album.

Boy are you right about that. Even when they do talk about "love," it's usually of the degenerate variety, e.g. "Prison Sex" and "Stinkfist."

I know what you mean. I work for a news tv station and OUR ANCHORS often say things like, "There WAS three people at the party". These people should know better. That's the kind of thing a Japanese student studying English would learn as a beginner.

No kidding. I, too, think about that sometimes, and wonder how confused they get when they hear educated people say things like that. That must be incredibly frustrating for anyone studying English as a second language.