Are you a native American English speaker?

[Hullu]

If you are, please answer truthfully to the poll above!

 

[Naudian]

...I picked the first one...is that bad?

 

[Hullu]

Bad? I don't know. I just want to test which one American English speakers mostly would choose.

 

[Shasta]

Why is there no "no-one can prevent me..."?

 

[bvasgm]

1

edit: my third 100th post. go me \o/

 

[$kelet0r]

both are correct - a simple interpretation of a colloquial use of the language

 

[Black Mesa corp]

yep both make sense. Theres not a right and wrong one but the top one would be used more frequently because it is more accurate to the language, if thats the best way to put it.

 

[Element Alpha]

I don't get it.

You mean, are we Aztec or Apache or what? And go where? Why would they want to prevent you?




edit: Are you trying to find a Native American english speaking person who'll cross the border with you?

 

[The Monkey]

Can you even say "Nobody can prevent me going there"? It sounds wrong.

 

[ríomhaire]

I don't know which I'd say, maybe either.

 

[Steve]

I'm a native American English speaker and I chose the first one.

...but I'm from the South, so I dunno.

 

[ríomhaire]

I decided on the first one.

 

[Hullu]

It's not simply about colloquiality or correctness. I've read a lot of theories on this so I wanted to know how native speakers feel about it.

 

[ríomhaire]

Oops, I'm sorry. I didn't realise...

 

[el Chi]

Personally, I'd say "no-one".

 

[Hullu]

Hmm. I'm interested in whether you'd use 'from' there or not - are you saying that it differs according to whether it's nobody or no-one?

 

[$kelet0r]

i would use them all equally - does that answer your question
there is no right or wrong answer here so i'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish?

 

[Hullu]

I am not interested in which you think is right or wrong, only which one you or anyone else as a native AmE speaker would use. So your answer is interesting.

 

[JNightshade]

It's a trick question. It's a colloquialism- both are correct, it merely depends upon who you're talking to. I'd say most people would use #1, but it depends. In fact, "nobody can prevent my going there" would work. It's really just a matter of preference.

 

[kirovman]

I'd say "No mortal holds the ability to cause impedement to or otherwise halt one's progress to the particular destination under scrutiny"

But maybe I'm just odd.


If forced at gunpoint, though, I'd have to go with the first, although saying the second doesn't really matter.

 

[Steve]

He's said several times that he's not looking for a "correct" answer. He just wants to know what most people would say.

 

[Naudian]

are you saying that it differs according to whether it's nobody or no-one?

Well, for me it doesn't...I use 'No one' and 'Nobody' interchangably, and I would almost always use 'from going there.'

 

[kirovman]

He's said several times that he's not looking for a "correct" answer. He just wants to know what most people would say.

I'm not here to make him or you happy. STEVE O :O

 

[$kelet0r]

He's said several times that he's not looking for a "correct" answer. He just wants to know what most people would say.

hullu is a she IIRC
not that it matters - internet anonymity FTW

 

[Steve]

I'm not here to make him or you happy. STEVE O :O

I wasn't talking to you, VODKA BOY.

 

[Hullu]

Your arguments are interesting, too, though.

I don't always remember I'm female, so I don't expect it from others.

 

[Steve]

Yeah, sorry about that.

 

[Element Alpha]

There is more than one dialect in the US, so it depends, doesn't it?

 

[Steve]

Pretty much, yeah.

 

[Hullu]

Can you give me an example -which dialects specifically, or is that your intuition?

 

[Steve]

Can you give me an example -which dialects specifically, or is that your intuition?

New England, Southern, West Coast, just to name a few.

 

[Hullu]

And people there would use which one?

 

[Fishlore]

I'm from Ohio. Most of the people I'm around, including myself, would choose number 1. I'm not sure that's correct in retrospect however. Right or wrong, that's how I say it.

 

[Steve]

Well, people in the south more or less all have the same sort of dialect, but many blacks use a dialect that someone termed "ebonics." In louisiana, there's also a Cajun dialect.

...but we'd pretty much all use the first option.

You'd have to ask people from the other regions about their dialects.

 

[xcellerate]

I'm a native American English speaker and I chose the first one.

...but I'm from the South, so I dunno.

Southerners are bilingual, we speak english and bad english?

on that note, i hate 'southern' it makes people sound so damn stupid! There's a girl in my class who's pretty cute, but every time she answers a question i throw up in my mouth a little.

That said, people tell me i have a slight southern accent.

So i guess I’m a hypocrite?

 

[Hullu]

The southern accent does sound a little dumb, but I might have just llearned to associate it with stupidity.

 

[OvA]

I've found that northern girls loovve the southern twang though, even though I don't have much of one compared to most people here.

 

[Steve]

Southerners are bilingual, we speak english and bad english?

No, but we do speak differently. At the very least, we use a lot more contractions.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

Got confused at first because I thought you meant Natives as in American Indians.

Ah, what hanging out with kids from the reservation does to me.