02-09-2020, 10:12 PM
(02-09-2020, 05:50 PM)hudds Wrote:Fair cop!(02-09-2020, 05:12 PM)Johnnykayeengland Wrote:...if the BBC *were* a subscription service (subjunctive)(02-09-2020, 05:07 PM)Tom Joad Wrote:(02-09-2020, 04:52 PM)hudds Wrote:I bow to your greater command of grammar . But it still sounds like it was written by a 10 year old.(02-09-2020, 04:39 PM)Tom Joad Wrote: bested??? Beaten, surely?
I know! But it is the BBC and that isn't right.
Correct use - past participle of best, which has use as a verb for quite a long time. They were, indeed, bested.
Erudition, Tom!
You wouldn't get that if the BBC was a subscription service...
Your right though I could of been having a laugh... (2 regulars in there for you)