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So who did BA outsource their IT to?
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Originally posted by Pip in a Poke View PostAs a supporter of the Plain English Campaign, may I request that the title of this thread be renamed to "So, to whom did BA outsource their IT?" ?
Neither is your version grammatically correct within the strict and dubious confines of 19th century grammarian English, the 'correct' version being:
'So, to whom did BA outsource its IT?'Comment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostThat is not plain English. The original version is more 'plain English'/
Neither is your version grammatically correct within the strict and dubious confines of 19th century grammarian English, the 'correct' version being:
'So, to whom did BA outsource its IT?'
'So, to whom did B.A. outsource its I.T.?'
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Originally posted by Fronttoback View PostI don't want to be pedantic, but shouldn't it be:
'So, to whom did B.A. outsource its I.T.?'
Thanks and Regards"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostWho gives a tulip?
Here she is, Sue Lenin.Comment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostThat is not plain English. The original version is more 'plain English'/
Neither is your version grammatically correct within the strict and dubious confines of 19th century grammarian English, the 'correct' version being:
'So, to whom did BA outsource its IT?'
I did consider it but it looks old fashioned and stuffy (I would, of course, used NLDYUK's correct question had I wanted to sound like Jacob Rees-Mogg)."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostThat is not plain English. The original version is more 'plain English'/
Neither is your version grammatically correct within the strict and dubious confines of 19th century grammarian English, the 'correct' version being:
'So, to whom did BA outsource its IT?'
Anyhow, I was always taught not to end a sentence with a preposition.
Such grammatical strictures may no longer be in vogue but I'm quite happy to stick with standards commensurate with O' Level English Language circa 1979, thank you very much.Comment
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Originally posted by Fronttoback View PostI don't want to be pedantic, but shouldn't it be:
'So, to whom did B.A. outsource its I.T.?'
Thanks and Regards
"Sew too whom does B.a. Outsource it's It?"…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by Pip in a Poke View PostThat depends on whether you define BA as a corporate entity or a collective. Either is valid.
Anyhow, I was always taught not to end a sentence with a preposition.
Such grammatical strictures may no longer be in vogue but I'm quite happy to stick with standards commensurate with O' Level English Language circa 1979, thank you very much.Comment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post'So, to whom did BA outsource its IT?'
And British Airways is plural, which makes it their and not its.
The greater question is: to whom did Cojak outsource her grammar checking?Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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