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Please settle another Bet for me.

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  • 19-05-2006 11:04am
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    SteamTrean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭


    Ok there's no money on this but loads of pride. Is there anything grammatically incorrect about saying:

    "Who all is going to the match?" when talking about a group or should one say:

    "Who is going to the match?" regardless of whether the anticipated answer is singular or plural?

    e.g.

    x: Who is going to take you place
    y: john

    and

    x: Who all is in your 5-a-side footy team?
    y: john, w,c,v,b

    or should it always be "who is"? I feel I've laboured the poiint now but you get the idea.. Opinions please.


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    xzanti
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 10,437 Mod ✭✭✭✭xzanti


    Would MS Word not correct it (or not) for you if you type it in??


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    Femelade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭Femelade


    "who is"


    not "who all"


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    JPA
    Registered Users Posts: 13,761 ✭✭✭✭JPA


    I hope for your sake you're saying it's "who is".


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    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    Who is. You need a poll.


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    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    Who all knows the answer to this one?


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    takola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,138 ✭✭✭takola


    Yep Femmy's Right. You would say "who is", not "who all".


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    Pighead
    Registered Users Posts: 14,184 ✭✭✭✭Pighead


    If you're speaking the queens English then its "Who Is". If you're using the uniquely wonderfully Irish slant on our neighbours language then "Who all is" is fine. Up with dialecting and slanging up the language.
    (By the way Pighead doesn't care if dialecting or slanging aren't words)


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    homeOwner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 779 ✭✭✭homeOwner


    Why does Pighead talk about himself in the third person? ;)


    "Who is" is the correct way to ask the question.


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    Ag marbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Ag marbh


    Give Carol Vorderman a bell


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    SteamTrean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭SteamTrean


    I'd give her a bell end


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    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,322 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Ag marbh wrote:
    Give Carol Vorderman a bell

    I'd give her more than that.

    'Who all is' just sounds rediculous.


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    SteamTrean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭SteamTrean


    super_furry wrote:
    I'd give her more than that.

    'Who all is' just sounds rediculous.

    red- iculous?? hmmm you opinion is loosing punch fast.


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    Pighead
    Registered Users Posts: 14,184 ✭✭✭✭Pighead


    Ag marbh wrote:
    Give Carol Vorderman a bell
    Any particular reason why you're suggesting giving the 36 year old attractive mathematical genius a bell? If its for reasons of a sexual nature fair enough but to be honest buddy its relevance to this thread is non existent. Off to the smut forum with you boy.


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    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    SteamTrean wrote:
    red- iculous?? hmmm you opinion is loosing punch fast.
    Your?


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    segadreamcast
    Registered Users Posts: 2,872 ✭✭✭segadreamcast


    Kiera wrote:
    Your?

    I thought he was being ironic - since he also said loosing instead of losing... then again...


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    Ag marbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Ag marbh


    Pighead wrote:
    Any particular reason why you're suggesting giving the 36 year old attractive mathematical genius a bell? If its for reasons of a sexual nature fair enough but to be honest buddy its relevance to this thread is non existent. Off to the smut forum with you boy.

    She has a book out on everything so surely she could settle this bet?

    On a side note id say she'd be great in bed.


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    SteamTrean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭SteamTrean


    Damn:mad:


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    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,322 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    SteamTrean wrote:
    red- iculous?? hmmm you opinion is loosing punch fast.

    'You opinion'? 'Loosing'? And capitalise dear boy, capitalise.


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    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    SteamTrean wrote:
    Damn:mad:
    hehehe :D


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    SteamTrean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭SteamTrean


    NoelRock wrote:
    I thought he was being ironic - since he also said loosing instead of losing... then again...

    Yeah ironic... that's it.


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,056 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    "Who all" is OK if y'all are from Texas. Otherwise "Who is". Hope y'all lost the bet.

    Not your ornery onager



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    FillSpectre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 834 ✭✭✭FillSpectre


    I have never heard "who all" used in this way ever. It is who as who is plural and singular.


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    BoozyBabe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭BoozyBabe


    "Who is" is correct, but I would say "who all is" as does everyone else in my neck of the woods, so I guess it just depends on where you're from.


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    SteamTrean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭SteamTrean


    *Accepts defeat* :(


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    hallelujah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 584 ✭✭✭hallelujah


    I've have studied English for years and am now employed as a teacher. "Who all" is perfectly fine and proper. Next.


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Who all is going to the match?

    Or... you can say "Is y'all going to the match?"


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    Thirdfox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    Wouldn't that be "Are y'all going to the match?" :)

    Where are the Spell Czechs when you need them! :D


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    Giblet
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    Are all of you....


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    dannyd20
    Registered Users Posts: 345 ✭✭dannyd20


    hallelujah wrote:
    I've have studied English for years and am now employed as a teacher. "Who all" is perfectly fine and proper. Next.

    sheesh, where do you teach?

    (one more to avoid!)


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    hallelujah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 584 ✭✭✭hallelujah


    dannyd20 wrote:
    sheesh, where do you teach?

    (one more to avoid!)

    When new born puppies sh*it, their mother licks the pups assh*ole clean, sort of an instinct thing. I have taken this on board and now teach my students this, but not as mothering instinct, as a completely sexual thing. And yes, we are still enrolling.


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