Steph

[AndyW]

And “rarer”, I thought that wasn’t really correct and you were to say “more rare”, instead. Perhaps if everyone says it, it’s automatically ok.

In British English, adjectives have a comparative and superlative form. Prefixing "more" is 100% incorrect.

Adjective: Rare
Comparative: Rarer
Superlative: Rarest

Not me being "elitist" (a common slur used to excuse bad education or learning) but it always has been here and teaching these basics used to be part of standard, early high school (11+) English Language curriculum. If I hear "more rare" it's jarring and reveals a bit about the speaker.

 

[AndyW]

I would just be happy if they learned when to use "is" and when to use "are". Language like: "There is seven of them." This happens all the time with multiple presenters. It's a basic thing.

I think almost everyone on Gems does this, along with "there is lots of them". Brings out the beast in me because it's not language "evolving" or being subject to "gatekeeping by the elite" it's just basic English and wrong.

 

[AndyW]

And, finally, while we're about the shocking state of English spoken by most of the Gems presenters, another very, very basic rule is that you cannot qualify a superlative. It's a superlative for a reason.

The most common horror perpetrated on Gems and GC is "more unique" .

 

[AndyW]

I would just be happy if they learned when to use "is" and when to use "are". Language like: "There is seven of them." This happens all the time with multiple presenters. It's a basic thing.

Angeline Davies 29/11/2024 12:01 "There is over three hundred people waiting to buy these earrings".

 

[Battiola73]

I hate it when they say so fun.. It can be so funny, such fun or so much fun but not so fun. And don’t get me started on bring and take.