Double copula
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:56 am
What do you think about the double copula (e.g. "The thing is, is that...)? Here is what Wikipedia says:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_copula
Apparently it originated in the United States around 1971 and had spread to the United Kingdom by 1987.
It is a contagious habit which I find really annoying! It treats "is that" as a compound conjunction when "that" is quite sufficient.
Note that "What it is is that..." is correct: here the two "is"s are necessary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_copula
Apparently it originated in the United States around 1971 and had spread to the United Kingdom by 1987.
It is a contagious habit which I find really annoying! It treats "is that" as a compound conjunction when "that" is quite sufficient.
Note that "What it is is that..." is correct: here the two "is"s are necessary.