Hear hear, and lets not get started on apostrophe's - it's misuse is so annoying... There, they're their. 😉
The use of such spellings is mainly phonetic, and shows lack of attention in spelling class.
Remember, cutting class and smoking behind the school was and is a popular thing to do.
If you went to a public school in England your parents were very rich indeed.
Over here the public schools (as opposed to state schools) are the 8 most expensive and prestigious of private boarding schools costing around £40000 pa.
What's "spelling class" LOL No such thing here but we do have English. Could you look up words like hospital in a dictionary in grade 1 (6 years old)?
ESL is English as a second language - the context of conversation would have made that obvious I would have thought. Then again ESL might not be as common of a term where you are - I live in the most multicultural city on Earth.
Some acronyms are alright. Do you really want to type our Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor instead of MOSFET? 😀
I still call it a television if that matters...
ESL is English as a second language - the context of conversation would have made that obvious I would have thought. Then again ESL might not be as common of a term where you are - I live in the most multicultural city on Earth.
Some acronyms are alright. Do you really want to type our Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor instead of MOSFET? 😀
I still call it a television if that matters...
Here in Canada, we call those private schools. Public schools are owned by government. We also have "the separate school board" which is Roman Catholic but funded by public tax dollars (Catholic school). You decide which school board your tax dollars will support and French or English when you vote in municipal elections.
Yes, ignorance is a badge of honor in many demographic circles in the US. It really irks me because I've seen the country go full circle; from emphasizing scientific literacy and competence to vilifying said literacy and competence. Ignorance is now a badge of honor that ostensibly conveys a person's faith and piety. To say it really irks me is an understatement; in fact it alarms and angers me. And when I was a believer (a long time ago) I had no problem with science.
The acronyms are because of twitter character limitations. The problem is that people write everything like they're on twitter now. Twitter is a big part of how this once great country became so ignorant and disgraceful.
Should I talk about some of the stuff I've seen on job applications? I'll share the most memorable one. In response to the question "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?" one candidate responded "Possession of cannibals." We did hire him - he spelled it correctly!
Should I talk about some of the stuff I've seen on job applications? I'll share the most memorable one. In response to the question "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?" one candidate responded "Possession of cannibals." We did hire him - he spelled it correctly!
I was at a business hotel once and I started a conversation with a guy at the pool. I noticed that he was particularly well spoken; his English was impeccable, a rarity. I even commented on it and he said he was here on business from Germany. So he was an ESL person and he spoke English better than almost all Americans.
"MOSFET" I always use that acronym. It precedes twitter and it's been commonly accepted for a long time. Besides, a lot of people know what you mean when you say MOSFET but would be confused if you said "Metal oxide field effect transistor."
A few weeks into my first permanent job after moving to Britain from Germany my work colleagues started asking me to proofread their letters to official entities. I did of course but quietly thought that it was hugely embarrassing for them really. Then I gradually found out about the state of the English educational system, both state and private, which shifted the embarrassment from them to the state.
Let's just say that Boris Johnson who studied at Oxford would not have been highly enough educated to attend a German university. He went to Eton.
Not mine. I am prone to typos, spelling is pretty good. Didain for some spellings thou.
dave
And you have given us a good example. You are talking about multiple apostrophe, not what the apostrophe owns.
It is very annoying, because i can’t stop fixing them.
dave
Do these sentences convey the same meaning, JP?
"The children watched as the dog ate its dinner."
"The children watched as the dog ate their dinner"