S sitifan Senior Member Joined Dec 30, 2006 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Chinese Home Country Taiwan Current Location Taiwan Jul 15, 2023 #1 This guy is pretty chill person. (at 1:57 of the video below) Is the quoted sentence grammatically correct?
This guy is pretty chill person. (at 1:57 of the video below) Is the quoted sentence grammatically correct?
probus Moderator Staff member Joined Jan 7, 2011 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language English Home Country Canada Current Location Canada Jul 15, 2023 #2 It needs "a" before "chill" and the indefinite article is clearly there. It is perfectly grammatical slang. Last edited: Jul 16, 2023
It needs "a" before "chill" and the indefinite article is clearly there. It is perfectly grammatical slang.
jutfrank VIP Member Joined Mar 5, 2014 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country England Current Location England Jul 16, 2023 #3 This is a transcript of what he says: Or this guy? Looks like a pretty chill person, eh? The subject of the second sentence is missing but that's fine in such an informal register. As probus says, the subtitle, which is not what's said, is ungrammatical without 'a' before chill person. Last edited: Jul 16, 2023
This is a transcript of what he says: Or this guy? Looks like a pretty chill person, eh? The subject of the second sentence is missing but that's fine in such an informal register. As probus says, the subtitle, which is not what's said, is ungrammatical without 'a' before chill person.
Skrej VIP Member Joined May 11, 2015 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jul 16, 2023 #4 You could omit the article if you also dropped 'person'.