Jake Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 apostrophes are never used to denote a plural.True. Lots of folks talk about their turbo's making a funny noise. I didn't know the one about the possesive "its" not having an apostrope until recently. I've since noticed other folks on here make the same mistake. What about the word english, should that always have a capital letter? I've never been quite sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 I didn't know the one about the possesive "its" not having an apostrope until recently. I've since noticed other folks on here make the same mistake. ohmygod! Another illusion shattered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 what if some poor person with a poor education and bad litterary skills joins the site and wants to make posts ? you gonna point out every speling mistake they make ? foo far again., let peeps type how they want as long as the message gets over., this type correctly stuff is pretty much crap realy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASHTHEBISHOP Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 That be nuff nglish to me for now. Tis rong that be tellin others having to rite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 what if some poor person with a poor education and bad litterary skills joins the site and wants to make posts ? you gonna point out every speling mistake they make ? foo far again., let peeps type how they want as long as the message gets over., this type correctly stuff is pretty much crap realy. But bad spelling is a damning iditement of the state of our education. These are our future leaders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Seen this before ? Stretching homonyms as far as they will go. The original text verily discomboberated me when I was a kiddie like. Wants pawn term, dare worsted ladle gull hoe lift wetter murder inner ladle cordage honor itch offer lodge, dock florist. Disc ladle gull orphan worry ladle cluck wetter putty ladle rat hut, end fur disk raisin pimple colder Ladle Rat Rotten Hut. Wan moaning Rat Rotten Hut's murder colder inset: "Ladle Rat Rotten Hut, heresy ladle basking winsome burden barter end shirker cockles. Tick disk ladle basking tudor cordage offer groin murder hoe lifts honor udder site offer florist. Shaker lake! Dun stopper peck floors! Dun daily-doily inner florist, an yonder nor sorghum stenches stopper torque wet strainers." "Ho-cake, murder," resplendent Ladle Rat Rotten Hut, end tickle ladle basking an stuttered oft. Honor wrote tudor cordage offer groinmurder, Ladle Rat Rotten Hut mitten anomalous woof. "Wail, wail, wail," set disk wicket woof, "evanescsent Ladle Rat Rotten Hut! Wares or putty gull goring wizard ladle basking?" "Armor goring tumor groin murder's", reprisal ladle gull. Grammer's seeking bet. Armor tickling arson burden barter end shirker cockles." "O hoe! Heifer blessing woke," setter wicket woof. Butter taught tomb shelf, "Oil tickle shirt court tudor cordage offer groin murder. Oil ketchup weter letter. End den --- Hoe bore!" Soda wicket woof tucker shirt court, end whinny retched a cordage offer groin murder, picket inner winnow an sore debtor pore oil worming worse lion inner bet. Inner flesh disk abdominal woof lipped honor betting adder rope. Zany pool dawn a groin murder's nut cup an gnat gun, any curdle dope inner bet. Inner ladle wile, Ladle Rat Rotten Hut a raft adder cordage an ranker dough ball. "Comb ink, sweat hard" setter wicket woof, disgracing is verse." "O, grammer," crater ladle gull, "Wart bag icer gut." "Buttered lucky chew whiff, doling," whiskered disk ratchet woof. wetter wicket small. "O grammer, water bag noise! A nervous sore sutcher anomalous prognosis!" "Buttered small your whiff," inserter woof, ants mouse worse waddling. "O grammer, water bat mousy gut! A nervous sore suture bag mouse". Daze worry on forger nut gull's lest warts. Oil offer sodden, throne offer carvers an sprinkling otter bet, disk curl end bloat Thursday woof ceased pore Ladle Rat Rotten Hut an garbled erupt. MURAL: Yonder nor sorghum stenches shut ladle gulls stopper torque wet strainers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 what if some poor person with a poor education and bad litterary skills joins the site and wants to make posts ? you gonna point out every speling mistake they make ? Don't be daft. Nobody does that. I mean, you seem alergic to the shift key but nobody ever moans at you about it, do they? this type correctly stuff is pretty much crap realy.Imagine my surprise that you should think that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 what if some poor person with a poor education and bad litterary skills joins the site and wants to make posts ? you gonna point out every speling mistake they make ? foo far again., let peeps type how they want as long as the message gets over., this type correctly stuff is pretty much crap realy. No but in this day and age, if you know you have an issue with spelling, use a bloody spell-checker. What's the point of writing complete and utter gibberish? Spelling correctly and using good grammar helps you to get your point accross. That's all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jase_93tt Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid. Cna yuo raed tihs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid. Cna yuo raed tihs? ropest It's pretty clever isn't it. However it doesn't make it easy to read though does it? Not directed at you Jase, but I must bite my tongue before saying something I'll regret regarding the decline of the English language. Mkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Don't be daft. Nobody does that. I mean, you seem alergic to the shift key but nobody ever moans at you about it, do they? Imagine my surprise that you should think that. im actualy quite an intelligent person,.im well aware of the fact im not using my shift key,this is only because ( no joke ) for some reason when i activate and de-activate it,there is a huge lag,. i end up with a line of all capped letters or a line with none. easy realy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 No but in this day and age, if you know you have an issue with spelling, use a bloody spell-checker. What's the point of writing complete and utter gibberish? Spelling correctly and using good grammar helps you to get your point accross. That's all. yeh it does but theres allways negativity in censorship of expression Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 But bad spelling is a damning iditement of the state of our education. These are our future leaders. i disagree max,.people with below average intelligence usualy get filtered out of political roles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 i disagree max,.people with below average intelligence usualy get filtered out of political roles... John Prescott:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 John Prescott:) well the list could be endless couldnt it, people will straight away say BUSH,.blair etc,. but the fact is these people have talents and skills - it might be possible that 90% of there talents were used up in areas that some would say common sense didnt. i dont think perfect english is the way,. not any more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Sorry when I said future leaders in a previous post I didn't just mean political but over the whole spectrum of different areas ie scientific, arts, media, lawyers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 I'd just like to throw in a quick request to this thread for people to stop writing "alot". This is not a word, people! "A" and "lot" are completely separate words! I'm always amazed by the number of times this occurs - it's as though there is some kind of worldwide, word-concatenation plot going on that I am unaware of. Try searching for "alot" in the forum - you'll be amazed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 I'd just like to throw in a quick request to this thread for people to stop writing "alot". This is not a word, people! "A" and "lot" are completely separate words! I'm always amazed by the number of times this occurs - it's as though there is some kind of worldwide, word-concatenation plot going on that I am unaware of. Try searching for "alot" in the forum - you'll be amazed! Yeah, there is alot of that word showing up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 its = possessive adjective (possesive form of the pronoun it): The crab had an unusual growth on its shell. it's = contraction for it is or it has (in a verb phrase): It's still raining; it's been raining for three days. (Pronouns have apostrophes only when two words are being shortened into one.) Missing 'S'? Talking of shift keys, does everyone use shift or turn on caps lock then off again? I've always used shift, it's just in the right place to hold it down with your right pinky and press the letter you want - but my gf (a secretary!!) turns caps on, presses the key, then turns caps off and carries on writing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaoriFan Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Missing 'S'? Talking of shift keys, does everyone use shift or turn on caps lock then off again? I've always used shift, it's just in the right place to hold it down with your right pinky and press the letter you want - but my gf (a secretary!!) turns caps on, presses the key, then turns caps off and carries on writing!!! i use the shift key (when i use it). only time i use Caps Lock if i am typing something with lots of full-stops/periods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Missing 'S'? Talking of shift keys, does everyone use shift or turn on caps lock then off again? I've always used shift, it's just in the right place to hold it down with your right pinky and press the letter you want - but my gf (a secretary!!) turns caps on, presses the key, then turns caps off and carries on writing!!! Funny you should say that, all the girls in my office do just that! Must be a female thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted December 30, 2006 Author Share Posted December 30, 2006 Just a friendly bump for some of our newer members Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Excellent * = Asterix Although it's asterisk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted December 30, 2006 Author Share Posted December 30, 2006 oh my word, I must have been reading the comic at the time, I hang my head in shame Rectified Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 is this thread directed at me? I only ask as it has my name in an awful lot across that title Am I paranoid? If so, I apologise for being a half witted pee brained fool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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