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Re: [L-OT] Re: Grammar...

2003-09-02 by Dennis Gunn

>2 cents from a native Dutchman :-)...  I was always taught it should
>be "here come P and M" (just as it's "P & M come to the party"), and
>'comes' definitely sounds wrong to me.


Comes both is wrong grammatically and sounds wrong to this native 
speaker, but that does not mean that I don't hear it used that way. 
Hearing it used that way even by a majority does not mean it's right. 
Although at some point in the future somebody somewhere may throw up 
their hands ands say "we the arbiters of grammar now officially 
declare that 'here comes Bob & Larry' is just as valid and proper as 
their Marriage License".

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