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09/05/2008, 16:21 Dick Smith Joined on 23/08/2004 Surrey and Manche (Pays Mortainais) Posts 8,766 Re: English as she is spoke ? "It's just occured to me that it is good manners when writing to others to do it as well as possible.  That's not asking for much, quite apart from the fact that language is for communication,and errors cause confusion, not communication." That is a point I have made several times, and invariably been ranted down for it... Regards Dick Smith Nowhere is there warmth to be found Among those afraid of losing their ground    Report

09/05/2008, 16:33 Cat Joined on 21/01/2005 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 2,933 Re: English as she is spoke ?  tegwini wrote: A range of goods was available- sorry if this was not clear, this is correct, the singular subject is matched to the singular verb form.   This is  a very common error. I could not pm back  - the return system would not work for me - sorry! Regards tegwini It is not possible to reply to a PM from your email client, you should reply to the PM itself and not the email notification.  You need to use the link in the PM notification email that you received to open the PM in the forum, and then reply using the reply button.  Cathy Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...    Report

09/05/2008, 16:48 Jacqui Too Joined on 23/08/2004 Shropshire / Dordogne 24 Posts 664 Re: English as she is spoke ? i fink tha you can tell alot about a person by the way they right Seriously, I am very aware of my own failings in the English department, but my pet hate is the letter H when spoken a lot of people try to hard to speak correctly and pronounce it Haitch when I fact we all know it is pronounced Aitch, my post code has a H in it and when I give it out to people I more often that not have it repeated back with a resounding Haitch PS. I like Jackie At least with a spell-checker I can appear somewhat educated!    Report

09/05/2008, 16:57 Cat Joined on 21/01/2005 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 2,933 Re: English as she is spoke ? H is one of those odd ones, when spoken it can sound like A, which can lead to misunderstandings.  Radio operators, and now often telephone staff, will use the the phonetic representations, Alpha and Hotel, to help distinguish between the two. Cathy Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...    Report

09/05/2008, 16:58 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 3,358 Re: English as she is spoke ? People who start a sentence or a message with right or OK get my teeth grinding. Invariably a teenage failing and an indictment of an inadequate education system. also those who write rambling messages without any capitals or punctuation except perhaps for the odd full stop or comma frequently where not neccessary and also write without line breaks the cumulative effect being that the message becomes incomprehensible and almost impossible to make sense of to the point where I just give up ! Eats leaves and shoots My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

09/05/2008, 17:00 Cat Joined on 21/01/2005 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 2,933 Re: English as she is spoke ? Eats shoots and leaves surely Ernie? Cathy Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...    Report

09/05/2008, 17:09 Cendrillon Joined on 19/10/2007 S.E. England & S.W.France Posts 393 Re: English as she is spoke ? Another confusion often seen on this forum is advise and advice Cendrillon    Report

09/05/2008, 17:16 Will Joined on 22/09/2004 Sussex & 50 (Mortainais) Posts 4,774 Re: English as she is spoke ? Whether it is good manners or not, I find there is a certain degree of satisfaction to be gained from doing something to the best of one's ability, and that includes grammar and spelling. Dyslexia aside (and even people with dyslexia are capable of turning out some very intelligent and articulate prose - we have a dyslexic son so I know about these things), poor use of one's native language often indicates a sloppy attitude to other aspects of life. If I was to nominate a personal object of hatred it would be the exclamation mark. Some forum writers think that using it instead of a full point makes them seem friendly and familiar - many even resort to multiple examples of the damned things. Sorry, it's not clever - quite the opposite. Will intentionally blank signature http://www.vienormande.com    Report

09/05/2008, 17:20 Jacqui Too Joined on 23/08/2004 Shropshire / Dordogne 24 Posts 664 Re: English as she is spoke ?  Will wrote: Whether it is good manners or not, I find there is a certain degree of satisfaction to be gained from doing something to the best of one's ability, and that includes grammar and spelling. Dyslexia aside (and even people with dyslexia are capable of turning out some very intelligent and articulate prose - we have a dyslexic son so I know about these things), poor use of one's native language often indicates a sloppy attitude to other aspects of life. If I was to nominate a personal object of hatred it would be the exclamation mark. Some forum writers think that using it instead of a full point makes them seem friendly and familiar - many even resort to multiple examples of the damned things. Sorry, it's not clever - quite the opposite. That'll be me then!! Jackie At least with a spell-checker I can appear somewhat educated!    Report

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