So who did BA outsource their IT to?

[MrMarkyMark]

As 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?" ?

No.

[northernladyuk]

As 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?" ?

That 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?'

[Fronttoback]

That 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 don't want to be pedantic, but shouldn't it be:

'So, to whom did B.A. outsource its I.T.?'

Thanks and Regards

[SueEllen]

I don't want to be pedantic, but shouldn't it be:

'So, to whom did B.A. outsource its I.T.?'

Thanks and Regards

Who gives a tulip?

[Fronttoback]

Who gives a tulip?

I wondered who'd bite!

Here she is, Sue Lenin.

[cojak]

That 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?'

WNLDYUK said.

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).

[Pip in a Poke]

That 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?'

That 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.

[WTFH]

I don't want to be pedantic, but shouldn't it be:

'So, to whom did B.A. outsource its I.T.?'

Thanks and Regards

Our you sure it isn't:
"Sew too whom does B.a. Outsource it's It?"

[BrilloPad]

That 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.

NLyUK is an expert in 'O' and 'A' levels....

[VectraMan]

'So, to whom did BA outsource its IT?'

Is a comma right, or should it be So....?

And British Airways is plural, which makes it their and not its.

The greater question is: to whom did Cojak outsource her grammar checking?