The Eurovision Song Contest

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The Eurovision Song Contest

libertybelle

The Eurovision Song Contest

I don �t know how many of you are watching the European Song Contest right now - but as English teachers, you might be interested in hearing that most of the hosts who give points from the different countries all make the same grammatical mistake!!

It �s that darn 3rd person plural - many of them say:

10 points goes to ..........(name of country)

Is it really so difficult to learn:

I go
you go
he, she, it goes

We go
you (all) go
They go??????? Confused

so now we know what we have to work with!! Thumbs Up

15 May 2011

Lucia13

I am watching it too,and also noticed it:)

Unfortunately this year Armenia didn �t pass the semifinals and I am kinda sad:)

Can �t decide a favourite song this year!

What about you?

15 May 2011

CHARAF

This is the American superiority complex;this is what i noticed from most of your comments.plz stop playing the know all game;why don t you start with the American ghettos where �black vernacular english �is spoken.

15 May 2011

manonski (f)

Wow Charaf... That is so uncalled for.

15 May 2011

Pelletrine

Please!!! Could you draw back your hyper sensitive antennas ( please CHARAF) and concider that this is an esl site !!!!! Cool down and rethink : it might be an esl issue when you hear 10 points goes to X ;o))

.... and here, we don �t want to discuss the issues you try to bring up!!!

Have a great week-end

15 May 2011

dturner

I agree that it is wrong, but you know, even in the west (U.S and Canada) we hear that expression all the time when it comes to games. I think perhaps that we, the westerners are to blame since I assume that the Eastern folks might be listening to TV personalities in the west say in incorrectly. Yes, It �s grating, but not catastrophic.

15 May 2011

Jayho

Actually LB, I think it is used this way by NS more often than we think. To my ears it sounds ok, even though it �s not grammatically correct, and I guess it �s one of those things that has silently slipped into the local lingo. I �m going to listen to the footy match very closely this afternoon to see what they actually say when they excitedly shout out the score during the match. Everyone gets so caught up in the excitement of the match so the grammar errors just sneak on by.

Cheers

Jayho

15 May 2011

belfer

I watched it too, great show.

15 May 2011

MarionG

Hi Liberty,

I �ve noticed this as well. In other games that is. Haven �t watched the eurovision since I was 11 or so... bucks fizz won in 81 with �making your mind up - that is the last one I remember...

I think what happens is that they relate to the amount of points as one unit (a unit of ten points - �the ten points card � if you like) It happens also in gymnastics/diving contest etc.

Maybe it is related to the fact that often the points are actually written on a card which they choose to hold up. The entire sentence would be "the 10 points sign/card goes to..."

just an idea...

15 May 2011

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