Whoever comes is the right people

[Jorge amigo]

In Spanish, I say, "Somos los que estamos, estamos los que somos". Something
like: “We are where we are, we are where we. It does not sound good in
English, but I think it's a good way to recreate the spirit of the first
principle. 



Jorge Amigo

Santiago, Chile





 

 

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De: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] En nombre de Jon Harvey
Enviado el: miércoles, 24 de junio de 2009 09:36 a.m.
Para: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Asunto: Re: [OSLIST] Whoever comes is the right people

 

Bhav

 

English is a curious language! 

 

‘Whoever’ is singular – that is why it is ‘comes’ not ‘come’ (she comes –
they come).

 

Re ‘people’ - according to Wikipedia:

 

Note 21 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_plural#fn_21_back> : The word
people is usually treated as the suppletive
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppletion>  plural of person (one person,
many people). However, in legal and other formal contexts, the plural of
person is persons; furthermore, people can also be a singular noun with its
own plural (for example, "We are many persons, from many peoples").
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_plural

 

So ‘is’ in the sentence is grammatically correct – although it jars a little
I know. Hope this helps – I am not really an anorak!  

 

Atb

 

Jon

 

From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Bhavesh
Patel
Sent: 24 June 2009 14:10
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: [OSLIST] Whoever comes is the right people

 

Hi there,

Seen I started opening space I have been using "Whoever comes is the right
people" and quite often people tell me it is not grammatically correct. Why
it is "is" ?

Wonderingly Bhav...


 

From: Michael M Pannwitz Subject: Re: AW: Anti Laws of OST - Foundations of
OST? I mostly call them "Tatsachen des Lebens" which translates pretty much
into "Facts of Life"...and usually embellish them with sayings that have
been around for a couple of hundreds of years showing that they are commonly
accepted Facts of Life. The addition to "Whatever happens is the only thing
that could have" in German is "Wenn der Hund nicht geschissen haette, haette
er den Has' gefangen." What I really like is that most of us use the same
wording as found in the Users Guide...hearing them (or seeing them hung up
spaced around the circle of chairs) I instantly know its open space and feel
comfortable and excited. There has been a ghastly attack, however, by some
nincompoop editor of "Wave Rider" on the wholy grail of the "principles".
While on page 71 the "First Principle" is given correctly as "Whoever comes
is the right people", beginning with page 167 the wording of this principle
(I will not write down the wording here!!)has been horribly maimed. Maybe
its not too late to ask BK to immediately start a reprint with the
appropriate wording and to recall the entire first edition of Wave.
Greetings from Berlin mmp


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