Thanks for fixing that for me.
Obviously, very little of my educational lineage managed to stuck to the grey surfaces.
I'm going to petition the english-language tzars, and force them establish some consistent rules.
From now on:
1). All verbs will contain the same base in past/future conjugation, like some of the European languages.
-No more "was", "am/are", "will be".
-This...will..or is that would....become "beed", "be", "being", and used with all verbs in a consistant methodology.
2). Added to this verb conjugation will be the addition of a letter/other which signifies an indefinite state. For example "I making a billion dollars next year" would be changed to "I makinger a billion dollars next year".
3). Plurals of such verbs would not be affected by the plurality of nouns. Their rules of conjugation would stay consistent.
4). The plurality of nouns would replace the silent "s" with another sound....something distinctive enough to be heard over scratchy radios and records. (Can't think of an acceptable example at the moment.)
5). Get rid of the letter "S" and use "C", even for plurality.
They are the same, except when the addition of the letter "H" turns the sound "sssssss" into "tch".
The letter "c" is easier to write.
6). Same with the silent "X", which is usually pronounced "Z". It's a useless letter.
7). "___ety" "___ity", "___aty", "___etey" "___itey", "___atey" would be reduced to one form.
8). Add letters as necessary to accomidate sounds not found in western languages, such as "clicks" of African languages and "zur"s of Oriental.
Reduce the English language down to it's most basic phonetic forms, make it easy to learn, and......ummm wright.....in written form, and it will continue to serve as The World's dominant common language.