.... not the past participle of the verb "to spin".
BBC News informs me "the helicopter span out of control".
It didn't didn't, it spun, and don't tell me language develops. This is simple sloppy and incorrect grammar from people who should know better.
Never mind, the sun will still set tonight. I look forward to the day when all I have to worry about is a little grammatical error.
You'll find that 'span' is cited as an archaic but correct usage, although some English writers were using it well into the 20th century. Douglas Adams was one of them.
If we're doing pedantic... I'd say the span is the major part of a bridge.
I look forward to the day when all I have to worry about is a little grammatical error.
Already aitch has been replaced by haitch and last night I saw a BBC reporter interviewing someone and the reporter wasn't wearing a tie!!
It's not good enough. Where will it all end??
I heard Google used as a verb , as in “I Googled it” instead of “I looked it up on Google “. What is the world coming to? - Sorry, To what is the world coming?
I've heard 'span' used in this context many times. It may be 'technically' correct but sounds strange.
What really annoys me and is used wrongly by many well known BBC journalists and others, is the interchange of 'Bought' and Brought'.
Sorry, but to me to use the term "to google" is genuine language development, and is accepted by most language authorities such COD.
span in the context of spin is not except in in some dialects like US American.
Adam delved and Eve span!
I used to be a diver, and we "dived". In the USA they say "They doved", - the delights of two nations divided by a common language.
This is just one of the joys/horrors of "spell checkers" followed up by not bothering have the item proofread before publishing.
