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Judge overturns California's ban on same-sex marriage

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    #212
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,392 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    bluewolf wrote: »
    I never understood the American habit of dropping the "on".
    Is there an appeals court named "Monday"? Is "Monday" a form of agreement?!

    On the other hand, are you sure that the use of 'on' is grammatically correct? After all, Monday has no physical embodiment, it is impossible for something to be off Monday or under Monday so why should something be 'on' Monday? Just because it's incredibly common doesn't mean it correct. How many people say 'Kirk beamed up to the USS Enterprise?' or 'I sailed on the Queen Mary 2 to New York?' The use of 'the' is incorrect unless used for emphasis, but most everyone does it.
    But on topic, that's annoying. The poor people who had their marriages planned :(

    In fairness, it's harly a surprise. Everyone knew this was going to go to the 9th Circuit, most people figure it'll hit the Supreme Court. The stay was all but inevitable.

    NTM


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    #213
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    On again....off again....the whole gay marriage thing is turning into a celebrity engagement.....


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    #214
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,096 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    It should be 'during Monday'.


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    #215
    BlaasForRafa
    Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭BlaasForRafa


    Manic Moran wrote: »
    On the other hand, are you sure that the use of 'on' is grammatically correct? After all, Monday has no physical embodiment, it is impossible for something to be off Monday or under Monday so why should something be 'on' Monday? Just because it's incredibly common doesn't mean it correct. How many people say 'Kirk beamed up to the USS Enterprise?' or 'I sailed on the Queen Mary 2 to New York?' The use of 'the' is incorrect unless used for emphasis, but most everyone does it.

    Its almost as annoying as when Americans drop the and from numbers as in "hunnerd ten" instead of "a hundred and ten", "two-thousand ten" instead of "two thousand and ten" etc.


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    #216
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,392 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Maybe, but what's the grammatical difference between saying 'hundred ten' and 'twenty one'? or "One thousand one hundred" and "hundred ten"

    As opposed to saying 'hundred and ten' and 'twenty and one' or "One thousand and one hundred"

    NTM


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