alabamagal
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Post by alabamagal on May 4, 2015 19:53:57 GMT -5
Is this proper grammer: "Bob went missing two days age"
My husband, who has a degree in Liberal Arts says it is. But he is from GA and pronounces the "L" in salmon.
I think it is improper. I am from the geographic south (S. FL parents from the North) but not the cultural south. I have an Engineering degree but passed English.
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Post by andi9899 on May 4, 2015 19:56:09 GMT -5
It's "Bob went missing two days ago". So, yes. It's correct other than the typo.
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Post by Bonny on May 4, 2015 20:01:50 GMT -5
What do you think is the correct way to state the same thought?
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Post by andi9899 on May 4, 2015 20:06:25 GMT -5
What do you think is the correct way to state the same thought? Yo. Bob's gone.
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Post by weltschmerz on May 4, 2015 20:11:53 GMT -5
Is this proper grammer: "Bob went missing two days age" My husband, who has a degree in Liberal Arts says it is. But he is from GA and pronounces the "L" in salmon. I think it is improper. I am from the geographic south (S. FL parents from the North) but not the cultural south. I have an Engineering degree but passed English. "Went missing" or to "go missing" always sounded off to me.
Bob was last seen on Tuesday. Bob's been missing for two days.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on May 4, 2015 20:17:50 GMT -5
[other than the age/ago typo]
No, "went missing" is not proper/formal English, though it is not grammatically incorrect.
I agree with welts' suggestions.
Also, "Bob has not been seen since Tuesday" would work.
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Post by weltschmerz on May 4, 2015 20:18:25 GMT -5
Went missing," "gone missing" and their root form "go missing"
are horrible, grammatically indefensible expressions that should be
banned from the English language, and anyone who uses them should be
tarred and feathered, so say two prominent language columnists and
countless grammar sticklers. ** Yes, "went missing" is grammatically nonsensical. "Went" is a verb
that is usually followed by an indirect object, as in "went to the
mall." But "went" and other conjugated forms of "to go" are almost
never followed by adjectives.
articles.dailypilot.com/2005-10-02/news/export322_1_missing-grammar-soldier
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on May 4, 2015 20:19:00 GMT -5
It's really an issue of forma versus common language.
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Post by msventoux on May 4, 2015 20:21:23 GMT -5
What do you think is the correct way to state the same thought? Yo. Bob's gone. Hey y'all, Bob done did disappear a couple of days ago.
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Post by Miss Tequila on May 4, 2015 20:26:19 GMT -5
I never claim to be a grammar nazi. Unless there are glaring grammatical errors "I seen" "I don't have none", etc, then I don't really notice or care
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Post by Tennesseer on May 4, 2015 20:28:40 GMT -5
Hey y'all, Bob done did disappear a couple of days ago. Bob done got missing a couple days ago.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 20:34:04 GMT -5
I don't do the Grammar Police thing unless someone is paying me. The school district pays me; you guys don't. Let me know if you want the address to which you send payment. No Western Union, though. After payment is received, I will parse the sentence and give you a definitive answer. You are most welcome.
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Post by weltschmerz on May 4, 2015 20:44:30 GMT -5
"Went missing" sounds as off as "fixing dinner." To me, fixing dinner is burning the roast, and trying to salvage what you can to make tacos out of it. You screwed it up, and now, you have to fix it.
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Post by Bonny on May 4, 2015 21:10:06 GMT -5
"Went missing" sounds as off as "fixing dinner." To me, fixing dinner is burning the roast, and trying to salvage what you can to make tacos out of it. You screwed it up, and now, you have to fix it. Well I was fixing to fix that!
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Post by alabamagal on May 4, 2015 21:19:16 GMT -5
I would say "bob has been missing for two days"
I don't pay for advice, that is why I post here !
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Post by ArchietheDragon on May 4, 2015 21:21:39 GMT -5
Look in the wood shed. He usually gets drunk and passes out out there.
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Post by mroped on May 4, 2015 21:55:00 GMT -5
Hey! There is Bob! Who said he's missing?
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Post by steph08 on May 5, 2015 9:46:47 GMT -5
I have an English degree. I think it's fine. But I am also from SW PA, so I drop "to be" from a lot of sentences when I speak (not for writing for work though). "The car needs washed." vs "The car needs to be washed." And they let me graduate, with honors even!
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Post by wyouser on May 5, 2015 14:26:21 GMT -5
Bob ain't here, he be gone since Sunday..lest you be asking bout Billy Ray Jim Bob. He an the hounds still in the holler!
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Post by Abby Normal on May 5, 2015 14:44:27 GMT -5
Bob up and vanished like a fart in the wind.
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Post by Spellbound454 on May 5, 2015 15:48:24 GMT -5
Lol
I suppose is alright but
I'm not too happy about the "went missing".....Something with an "ing" on the end should be a verb
Bob hasn't been seen in the last couple of days?
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Post by debthaven on May 5, 2015 18:04:54 GMT -5
It is colloquial English but the grammar is not incorrect.
I would definitely prefer "Bob has been missing for two days."
The issue here isn't conjugation, it's the "went missing".
You won't find that on any SAT test LOL.
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on May 5, 2015 18:14:06 GMT -5
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