Can i just rant

[Arrivapercy]

That no, you didn't bring the house with you....

You bought it.

The past tense of the verb "to buy" is "bought"

NOT BROUGHT.

"Brought" is the past tense of the verb "to bring".

Unless you've carried it with you its unlikely you've brought it. I have to bite my tongue not to comment every time on here. Every time. My poor tongue.

Yourself and myself seem to be taking over the world. We have a dedicated comms team at work that sends worded emails to the wider business which are emailed on our behalf as a management team. Three times this week, they have sent me wording that says "if you would like to reach out to myself". I have rejected and pointed out the mistake, but these people are paid to communicate on my behalf. I am not great at SPAG but seriously..

Also, your "its" needs an apostrophe...

But it's a saying isn't it? If your handbag is full. "I brought the whole house with me"

Not buying anything to be bought, I'm bringing stuff to be brought.
Or am I missing something?

No, people say ‘I brought my house’ when they mean ‘I bought my house’

am now hiding this thread FML

@NeverDropYourMooncup

dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/lend

(Neither was I).

In my defence:

1. I am ashamed. It absolutely should have been may I. I've spent all week telling my son he can get down from the table, but whether he may or not is the question.

1. I'm holding firm on my split infinitive. I've never fully agreed with any of the linguistic arguments as to why a split infinitive is so disastrous. This is a chat forum, language style here tends to be colloquial and in that context split infinitives are a common feature of spoken English.

1. Mumsnet is full of people confusing brought and bought.

Eg I brought a house

I brought a new car

It is common and infuriating.

Ps i tried to fix the numbering but something is going wrong on the mumsnet end there.

As do I lol ... it's not wrong 🤣

PS and I should both be capitalised. 😂

@marmaladeandpeanutbutter ah, nuts! I was looking at that word for ages, thinking...it can't be 'lent' BC that's the Easter thing? Well I'm a mug.
Fuck my A* English GCSEs!

It is wrong, but it is very common in the West Midlands.

True! As is 'lickle' ... which really makes me 😳😱😵‍💫

“Chimbley” and “horse pickle” are two others that spring to mind.