I speak English very good!

[blackmage_nuke]

"I'm going to miss you like a child misses their blanket."
Fergie pretty much screwed the whole language right there, since most people can't figure out what's wrong with that sentence. Of the remainder, most don't care. But I do.

Is it something to do with the word misses and it should be "like a child would miss their blanket"? I can't figure it out if it's not.

As for things that annoy me:
1. People who are adamant about 'alot' not being allowed to be a word. If they're going to let 'nonetheless' be a word I can't see a good reason they shouldn't make 'alot' one.
2. People who are adamant about not ending sentences with prepositions, it seems so arbritrary.
3. When any of these above people say something like "minus 4", "Minus" is a verb not an adjective. It would be like saying something is an "eat carrot" instead of an "edible carrot". The correct term is "negative four". If you demand I live by your arbritrary rules of english I demand you live by mine.

Anyway I find all these arguements to be a bit of a damp squid, english is such a mess theres no reason for us to put it up on a peddle stool.