Eggactly my thought. And, I'm not yoking.Pity Slave is not around I'm sure he has a lot to say about eggs, eggcetera, eggcetera.
Excellent.....Teacher: Millie, give me a sentence starting with i.
Millie: I is....
Teacher: No, Millie. Always say, "I am."
Millie: Okay, I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.
Jes' some fixins.Correct grammar? Shoooo I just wanna say.....If I'm a fixin'...to fix me some fixins.....How many fixins am I fixing to fix?
I know. . .I was pointing out the specific rule of grammar.The word "are" would be correct if you said the yolkS of an egg ARE white. Yolks indicates MORE than one egg.The yolk of an egg IS white.. that's the proper way to say it.![]()
Elin, re-read my quote above. What you said here is precisely what I said there.I wrote the word "yolkS," indicating more than one, and I also put "are" which is also correct.
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I am a grammar gestapo, but I keep it to myself.
There are two races of people who don't know about " 's ".
I am a pretty good speller until I logon here.![]()
Actually, it is correct, but clumsy, grammar.Think there is one extra had in there somewhere! Or maybe we have all been had![]()
DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING... You have the correct answer!Doesn't matter about this site being international. If you write in English, it needs to be correct English.
Teacher: Millie, give me a sentence starting with i.
Millie: I is....
Teacher: No, Millie. Always say, "I am."
Millie: Okay, I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.
I might word the plural form as...
The egg yolks are yellow.
or
The whites of eggs are white.
The yolk of an egg IS white - IS NOT correct since yolks are yellow
Is...................
Doesn't matter about this site being international. If you write in English, it needs to be correct English.
American,British,Australian or Colonial English?![]()
.....or eggs you pick up at the local Chernobyl supermarket.
I can't believe folks are still debating the colour of egg yolks, so funny.
people might want to read the first page of the thread, especially those who think egg yolks are white!
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