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Grammar and Linguistics > (to) ski + 3rd person
(to) ski + 3rd person
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Mietz
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(to) ski + 3rd person
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Could somebody tell me, what the 3rd person in the Present Simple of "(to) ski" is?
As usual - I find Google not conclusive. Is it "she skies" or "she skis"?
Thank you!!!
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22 Jan 2009
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eliana
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As far as I�m concerned it�s skies because :
When a verb ends in y immediately preceded by a consonant, the y is changed to ie before the ending s is added which is the case : sky ends in "Y" preceded by a consonant
other cases: study/studies fly/flies carry/carries
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22 Jan 2009
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eliana
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Well...now I�m not sure....I�ve searched on the web and people talk about the possiblity of using "skis"....but I�m sure about the rule....I don�t know if it applies to this verb in particular....can a native speaker say sth please? |
22 Jan 2009
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cheezels
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I�m with ladybird on this one too. :-)
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22 Jan 2009
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jecika
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Hello Mietz,
according to the Collins Cobuild English dictionary the correct version is skis
Have a nice day
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22 Jan 2009
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cheezels
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I�m native :-) I don�t know why though. It just is.
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22 Jan 2009
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Mietz
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Wow - thank you all for your very quick answers! That helps so much!
Yes Cheezels ... how come you don�t know, why you are a native speaker? 
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22 Jan 2009
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cheezels
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I need some coffee ASAP 
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22 Jan 2009
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Mietz
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@ Cheezels
Does coffee make you know, why you are a native? Wow - I should switch from drinking tea to coffee, if that makes me know amazing answers like that. Does coffee make me a native, too?
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22 Jan 2009
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Logos
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Just because one is a native speaker does not mean that they know why a particular spelling or grammar point is so. In fact, sometimes the worst person to ask about grammar is a native speaker. I find that second language learners, who have had to grapple with the difficulties sometimes know far more about the language than native speakers.
Language is not so much a scientific or mathematical analysis with a consistent set of rules or variables, it is more biological. Language can grow, can develop, evolve - it can even die. It is an instinctive attribute that any baby, given the right environment can pick up just as easily as learning to walk.
Enough of the philosophical linguistic approach. Ladybird is definitely right. Why she is right, I don�t care. As the Mom Song so beautifully puts it. �Because I said so�
Keep taking the coffee, with a dash of whiskey and you will be speaking with an Irish accent quicker than you know it.
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22 Jan 2009
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