I've never heard 2. Maybe somewhere in the world they say it.[1] "The total comes to $100."
[2] "The total comes out to $100."
Could there be usage errors in one of the sentences?
Raymott, you really must get out of the house more often! :lol:;-) A quick jaunt through Google provided 437,000 results for "the total comes out to..." "The total comes out to" - Google SearchI've never heard 2. Maybe somewhere in the world they say it.
1. is correct everywhere.
How many times do we have to say that google searches are not a reliable guide to acceptability?Raymott, you really must get out of the house more often! :lol:;-) A quick jaunt through Google provided 437,000 results for "the total comes out to..." "The total comes out to" - Google Search
If this bizarre form is not used in Australia, getting out more wouldn't help me much unless by "getting out" you mean travelling to the US. Surely I'd do better to stay in and watch American TV?Raymott, you really must get out of the house more often!
Native speakers have been saying ain't for countless years. It's still not accepted as standard English. From the corpus figures, it appears that quite a small minority of native speakers actually use "out".I'm really surprised at so much resistance to using "out", when native speakers have been saying so for countless years.
I'm really surprised at so much resistance to using "out", when native speakers have been saying so for countless years.
Native speakers have been saying ain't for countless years. It's still not accepted as standard English. From the corpus figures, it appears that quite a small minority of native speakers actually use "out".
Nobody has suggested any desire to stop people using anything. Some of us native speakers have simply pointed out that it is not commonly heard in our parts of the English-speaking world.Yes, but how can we make people stop using certain words and speech patterns even if, supposedly, such usage is incorrect? It sounds right to them and has become a part of their everyday vocabulary. We can only tell them it's wrong to say that, but will they listen?
Was this a Freudian slip signifying that my cheque is in the mail? :-Dthe recommendation by Paymott ...
Was this a Freudian slip signifying that my cheque is in the mail? :-D