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Post by basilhorse on Dec 29, 2009 14:27:47 GMT 1
Please consider making allowances for those of us holding a sleeping baby in one hand and typing with the other ;D. In my case a fresh buttered crust, but basilhorse, you missed the amazing opportunity for a dangling modifier. You could at least have written: "Please consider making allowances for those of us holding in one hand a sleeping baby and typing with the other." Then we could have envisaged your typing with the awake baby. ;D The other day I overheard a woman tell her friend, "I can't find a wallet for a man with a zip, anywhere." I was tempted to ask where he had his zip, but didn't like to. Hope baby's second Christmas was a great one. LOL ;D She had a great Christmas thank you and is currently sleeping on my left arm ;D
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Post by Catrin on Dec 29, 2009 15:59:43 GMT 1
but they are the funniest ones and thus totally excusable.
Years ago, there was a chap who had a well known local butcher's. One of my kids returned from a ride to tell me he'd just met "That man on his horse who got the prize for Britain's Best Sausages."
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Post by Dragonmaster on Dec 29, 2009 20:32:14 GMT 1
I really wanted to continue to be involved in this discussion but on Sunday our phone line went down and we have had no internet. So now I have read through it all I must say I love Catrin's long and erudite post on page 2. She and I obviously have much more in common than our names. (we are both C/Katherine if anyone doesn't know)
Whether this discussion has any place on a forum dedicated to horsemanship is open to debate - as has already been shown. But while we may all be horse-people we are also all 'people' and as such have to communicate effectively with one another. Incorrect use of grammar gets in the way of effective communication, particularly in the written word, where we do not have the advantage of tone of voice and facial expression.
However the point here is not that someone whose grammar and English usage is less than perfect is somehow an inferior person. We all have things we are good at and things we are not so good at, but the point may be, is it acceptable to say 'I don't know grammar and I don't care.' or 'I have more important things to do than to worry about my spelling'? Would you say the same if it was maths? Would you consider it acceptable not to know how to add, subtract, multiply and divide? Putting the boot on the other foot, I understand what it is like to find the comprehension of something difficult, as I find it difficult to comprehend numbers; but I have made it my business to LEARN how to do numbers because it would be impossible to function if I couldn't do numbers. I see no reason why people cant learn the basics of correct grammar and punctuation - although it would be much easier for them if these things were still taught in school. After all, schools don't skimp on teaching number & maths, do they?
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Post by portiabuzz on Dec 29, 2009 20:42:19 GMT 1
i do hit post reply by accident quite alot! I really do try to check before i post, and if i see a mistake, will go back in and modify.
However when using the quick reply i do miss things as no spell check option until you modify?? I hate spell checkers anyway as they are not always useful! I dont have a problem with mistakes - even though i do at work! This is not the workplace however and its unfair to get all picky when we all make mistakes (apart from Catrin...!)
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Post by beany1 on Dec 29, 2009 20:56:06 GMT 1
Arghhh!!! Is that spelled correctly?? I'm sorry but this thread is making me turn purple with rage. Note the two spaces after the full stop, Jenniwren. You sound like a total snob to me! In particular the reference to you doing 'O' levels and not GCSE's, working you towards academia - I can hear you now, saying it in manner of the Queen, with your nose in the air. In manner, by the way, or should I say, btw, is called Bridget Jones' speak - speaking in manner of very annoyed person at very snobby-pretending-to-be-intelligent-person. In other words - life moves on, writing and language changes. Most importantly, as said before, some people actually really struggle to grasp what others find very easy - it is NOT a reflection of their intelligence What does -manship mean, btw?
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Post by beany1 on Dec 29, 2009 20:59:01 GMT 1
smileys will be wrong next
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Post by portiabuzz on Dec 29, 2009 21:00:57 GMT 1
i use agghhhhh quite alot...?! Also love grrrrrrr
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Post by beany1 on Dec 29, 2009 21:05:06 GMT 1
lol, I love humph and ugh too!
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Post by portiabuzz on Dec 29, 2009 21:07:52 GMT 1
and oooohhhh!
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Post by Zoe RA on Dec 29, 2009 21:09:33 GMT 1
wl i thnk ths thrd hs rn its tme nw, dnt u 2? aftr all, any of u who cn rd ths r obvly qut cpbl of rdng txt spk n thr4 hv no nd 2 go bk to schl. gd grmr rls!
*rns off wrn fstv tin ht cmplt wth hly brris*
Modified to add that took me longer to write than if I had done it properly laugh out loud!
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Post by beany1 on Dec 29, 2009 22:30:02 GMT 1
omg tht ws awsm
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Post by hch4971 on Dec 29, 2009 23:06:54 GMT 1
go beany1 and zoe - note not a single capital letter in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(naturally that was done on purpose)
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Post by Catrin on Dec 29, 2009 23:31:35 GMT 1
Ozone ow can ewe trans lay tit. Eye fined tech's peak sewed iffy cult 2 reed - a neigh one else fined it tarred?
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Post by Zoe RA on Dec 29, 2009 23:38:04 GMT 1
No tin the leas tCatr in
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Post by mandal on Dec 29, 2009 23:39:26 GMT 1
Ha!!!! Catrin, nw i no hw 2 stp yr fn!!!
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