Dog barking disconnects telephone line

Conversation started Mar 30, 2012 at 11:49.

Meysam

Mar 30, 2012 11:49

In America, Is it possible to call the police when your neighbor's dog is barking? I mean just call the police (for fun) and tell them this dog is scaring you. Would they do anything?

Matt Эллен

@DavidWallace well, maybe no beard, but it seems likely

KitFox

@Meysam Yes.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

@KitFox What if he had all someone else's teeth?

KitFox

@RegDwightѬſ道 Still a possibility.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

You are so choosy.

David Wallace

Mar 30, 2012 11:50

@Meysam No, the phone lines are automatically disconnected every time a dog barks.

KitFox

Well, I don't really need to be choosy. 1. I'm a woman. And 2. I've a handsome husband.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

A: Can you contract the main verb in a sentence?

In American English, the contracted form ’ve is only possible as an auxiliary verb. It is not grammatical as a main verb. This is not the case in British English, where it is grammatical, and this is one of the differences between British and American English