Its interesting,
I visited an internet site a while back and as with all things this can be OCD. Every post that had bad grammar was either corrected or deleted.
I think there is a fine line between being in college and writing a report and chatting about audio in a hobby style. OK I don't like text chat how U doin..etc
To enforce grammar detracts from the point of the site..people don't want to be marked on a post as though it was a report..this isn't a functional skills lesson..
I know I have it rammed down my neck at work..😀
I remember someone in this vein saying to me people who don't have level 2 maths English and ICT should not be allowed to teach its disgusting.. my answer was so if you were stuck in the amazon dying and someone who had never been to school could show you how to make a boat to get out of the jungle you wouldn't be interested because they don't have anything useful to say?
Discrimination at its highest level..rant over 😀
I think about the old guys "I bin doin this job fur 48 years and Kid I'm a tellin you yaul get killed dead if yer don't listen..that has two supplies and it aint dead until you drain down the pressuer in the hydraulic system..😀
One more for the pot..life is the teacher of every living thing but it doesn't have a degree or level 2 in maths..
Regards
M. Gregg
I visited an internet site a while back and as with all things this can be OCD. Every post that had bad grammar was either corrected or deleted.
I think there is a fine line between being in college and writing a report and chatting about audio in a hobby style. OK I don't like text chat how U doin..etc
To enforce grammar detracts from the point of the site..people don't want to be marked on a post as though it was a report..this isn't a functional skills lesson..
I know I have it rammed down my neck at work..😀
I remember someone in this vein saying to me people who don't have level 2 maths English and ICT should not be allowed to teach its disgusting.. my answer was so if you were stuck in the amazon dying and someone who had never been to school could show you how to make a boat to get out of the jungle you wouldn't be interested because they don't have anything useful to say?
Discrimination at its highest level..rant over 😀
I think about the old guys "I bin doin this job fur 48 years and Kid I'm a tellin you yaul get killed dead if yer don't listen..that has two supplies and it aint dead until you drain down the pressuer in the hydraulic system..😀
One more for the pot..life is the teacher of every living thing but it doesn't have a degree or level 2 in maths..
Regards
M. Gregg
Last edited:
A favourite of mine; recently noticed; is the inappropriate and incorrect use of the word "your" for the contraction of "you are"........"you're".
The most important factor with communication is the effective transference of information from one person to another. As long as what was intended by the sender is understood as such by the receiver, anything more becomes superfluous.
Of course, languages have rules, and for good reason. However, I feel that English is imperfect, in that there are exceptions and conditions to its grammatical rules that go beyond rationality, and only exist for historical reasons. (Other languages may have the same problem; I'm no expert). My feeling is that, with interaction between people of various nationalities, cultures and first languages due to the internet, things must and will change.
I used to stress about (for example) the difference in spelling between the words colour and color. "I speak English; you speak American" kind of thing. But then I realised two things:
1. "color" is a more efficient spelling
2. Neither spelling can help a non-native speaker of the language predict its correct pronounciation.
In short: it's all BS.
Of course, languages have rules, and for good reason. However, I feel that English is imperfect, in that there are exceptions and conditions to its grammatical rules that go beyond rationality, and only exist for historical reasons. (Other languages may have the same problem; I'm no expert). My feeling is that, with interaction between people of various nationalities, cultures and first languages due to the internet, things must and will change.
I used to stress about (for example) the difference in spelling between the words colour and color. "I speak English; you speak American" kind of thing. But then I realised two things:
1. "color" is a more efficient spelling
2. Neither spelling can help a non-native speaker of the language predict its correct pronounciation.
In short: it's all BS.
Last edited:
I got it a little wrong, as I was going by memory. What he really said was, "If, after having been exposed to someone's presence, you feel as if you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that presence."
It was a bit too acerbic for a sig, though.
Yes that one is available to anyone who enters the '10 items or less' line.
Hmmm... minute and minute immediately come to mind. 😀
I love you Chris.
the difference between your and you're. This one's for you Sreten.
Bingo. Which is why my (English major) Mother and I had disagreements over the years.
Will not argue.
Love it.
I find that most of the posts are clear enough here. If you want to see how bad it can really get, try answering some of the questions on fixya.com. Some of the posters there don't seem to have discoveredthespacebarandaretotallyignorantofpunctuation. (intentional example)
Hi,
Yes, I seem to to be very blind to the mistake of using your
for you're. It's one way, I never use you're instead of your.
Its not bad grammar, I know its wrong, I just don't see it.
rgds, sreten.
Yes, I seem to to be very blind to the mistake of using your
for you're. It's one way, I never use you're instead of your.
Its not bad grammar, I know its wrong, I just don't see it.
rgds, sreten.
Last edited:
Grammar is one thing, regular typos another, but I'm often astonished by the litterally bad or plain faulty language written by people who have english as their first and main language. People from other languages, myself included, may be excused....
BTW - here's another example that I have found in several languages....
"three times less" or "three times smaller".....
BTW - here's another example that I have found in several languages....
"three times less" or "three times smaller".....
I was talking to this girl last night, when I ended a sentence with a proposition she slapped me.
I know. It was this and other indiscretions that brought this to light over the years. Suffice for now.
"I was talking to this girl last night, when I ended a sentence with a proposition she slapped me."
Bravo sir.
Bravo sir.
Last edited:
What was wrong with the proposition? Was it because you offered her a meal and she wasn't expecting that?
What kind of person do you think I am? Said the girl! A bag of chips, and you think you can walk me home?
Regards
M. Gregg
Last edited:
A friend of mine was at a barbecue party, and some guy was preparing a hot dog. He looked over the condiments and asked "Where's the mustard at?". My friend replied "In front of the preposition.". She is a journalist so i guess that was habit.
- Status
- Not open for further replies.