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people don't say "I'm going to Burger King's" or "I'm going to Costa's" Oh yes they do! There's nothing to analyze: "Tesco's" is just wrong. It’s kind of fun
by iainmerrick 2y ago
people don't say "I'm going to Burger King's" or "I'm going to Costa's"
Oh yes they do!
There's nothing to analyze: "Tesco's" is just wrong.
It’s kind of funny that there are prescriptivists on both sides here, all convinced that they’re right.
- TylerE 2y agoIn 40 years I have no seen such usage in print
- iainmerrick 2y agoPeople say it.
- b112 2y agoYou may not be wrong that people do say it, I'm sure people say pretty much anything, across this vast planet. Yet people use double negatives, when meaning the negative too. Doesn't make it right.
- iainmerrick 2y agoI think language is defined by real-world usage, not by the logical structure that we theorise underpins it. If so, double negatives actually are right, or at least they can be, if they successfully communicate meaning.
- brianmcc 2y agoYou're not wrong.