Re: Is "is" a verb?

From: DE781 (de781_at_aol.com)
Date: 06/15/04 

Date: 15 Jun 2004 09:28:08 -0700

"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:<40CE2D9F.21DA@worldnet.att.net>...
> DE781 wrote:
> >
> > ranjit_mathews@yahoo.com (M. Ranjit Mathews) wrote in message news:<1d4c67e3.0406141023.4a6eb086@posting.google.com>...
> > > "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> wrote ...
> > > > DE781 wrote:
> > > > > But you CAN say "this person is being well" and that's correct.
> > > >
> > > > Since you don't know what Tamil is, you're presumably not Indian; where
> > > > else can you say "This person is being well"?
> > >
> > > Excellent observation! That is a fairly literal translation of an
> > > equivalent Indian sentence. That introduces the piquant question of
> > > what DE781's native language might be, that he finds this correct.
> >
> > Here's a lesson to learn: it's STUPID of a foreigner to criticize a
> > native speaker of the language that they're admittedly just a novice
> > at, especially when you're WRONGLY correcting someone's "error". How
> > arrogant! It must be part of Indian culture, where you all thing you
> > live in Jung Gwo, the centre of the universe!
> >
> > I am indeed a native speaker of English. I challenge ANYONE to tell
> > me that "I'm being well" is not a correct English sentence!
> > Bullshitters need not respond.
>
> I already did, and I asked you where in the world you were from, and you
> haven't answered.

I'm from AMERICA (aka the only NORMAL place that anyone NORMAL would
wanna live and the only place that doesn't suck balls), you dip! You
don't like it, then you can go back to your country. If you REALLY
don't think "I'm being well" is correct American English, British
English, Swahili English, or whatever the hell other type of English,
you REALLY need to get your ass into a school!

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