Wow! It Didn't Take Long for the Republicans to Break That Promise

'Somebodies' sounds odd to me but I am not good at grammar.

would it be...

You believe all the liberal opinions reporters twist into your liking

or would it be...

You believe all the liberal opinions reporter's twist into your liking

?

 

So Word is your "expert"?. Collins English Dictionary and American Heritage don't count? BTW, I have spell checker turned on from my browser and it does NOT earn a red underline. And it is absolutely not the possessive. Take it to your English professor and ask him. Although, in this case, a high school English teacher might be better.

I meant exactly what I wrote and I wrote it exactly as I meant it. However, if it helps you at all with your parsing, using the past tense would read;
You believe all the liberal opinions somebodies have twisted into your liking.
Another alternative is the pluperfect tense;
You had believed all the liberal opinions somebodies had twisted into your liking.

In both cases, it is clear to me that "somebodies" is the subject of the appositive phrase. "Somebodies" does not possess anything.

 

That's a good point. Maybe you should have just stayed out of it. It is so difficult to talk to two people at the same time that are virtually indistinguishable from one another.

 

Something wrong? Afraid to admit you made a mistake?

 

If you can't multitask and hang with the big boys perhaps you should try the Fisher Price forum. This IS called a forum, believe it or not. The last time I checked, a forum was defined as "a form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience". Thanks for the advice, but I think I'll participate.

 

..and you're doing an excellent job representing your party AND Fox, very well indeed.

 

Thank you! You're an ASSet to this forum.

 

You're welcome! You're a credit to bathroom finger painters everywhere.

 

You're too kind! For being so nice, I'll work on a portrait of you next time, but not being able to afford paint these days what, oh what should I use instead? Hmmmmmmmm.....

 

Maybe the guy putting his foot under your stall can help?

 

You'll have to explain that one to me...

 

I could...but...you'll figure it out. I have confidence in your abilities as a painter.

 

I'll be working on your portrait in about 12 hours...

 

Cool! Brown shows up best on a light background doesn't it?

 

You know, Tom, if we could just clone you and spread you around the USA, we could convince the entire (well, nearly the entire. There will always be people like Jared Loughner) population to vote republican.

 

Ya think? Sounds like I ought to incorporate.

 

Do you really believe either of those sentences are good grammar? Wow! Let me guess. Southern educated? My God! I've been trying to educate a moron. My mistake. See I can admit a mistake. When will you. Probably never and that is why you go through life ignorant. Being seen as "right" is clearly more impotant that actually being right.

 

Very good! When a liberal is loosing, change the topic or try insults. You did both. Have you given up trying to say that was a possessive?

Hey! Are you trying to insult my sexual prowess?

BTW, Yes, I was "Southern educated". At least I was educated south of Canada. Yes, that was the border directly north of my elementary school, high school and college.

 

Your response was directed to rlm's cents, but if you don't mind, I have a comment. From my English classes in college, I honestly don't recall the proper verb usage for the word "either" when used as a subject and followed by a prepositional phrase. I recall something about notional and actual agreement. But from what I do recall, "either" is a singular subject and should be used with a singular verb. For example: Do you really believe either of those sentences is good grammar? "Of those sentences" being the prepositional phrase.

Seriously, I'd like to be reminded which verb to use.

 

You are perfectly welcome to jump in.

I learned in my Southern high school that "either" was singular also. I did not take much English in "Southern" college, but just to give you a clue, from my local fraternity, in addition to a brother being your (Moen's) new senator, another is the president of eh MIT alumni association. And that is out of the <1000 brothers. I really think my "Southern" education was a bit better than the average.