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Posted: 4/17/2007 12:14:01 PM | Thought I'd resurrect this thread as it was before my time on here.
I love the english language , it was my best subject at school. I dont have many talents but my spelling is good and I can string a sentence together.
Some people struggle with spelling and grammar, my nephew did as he's dyslexic and it can be a huge drawback in life, especially in the workplace. He found filling out application forms for jobs a nightmare although he's done well since. | |
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Posted: 4/17/2007 12:24:45 PM | words,grammer and punctuation.. is just as strange to me as is pronounciation,ettiicate and knowing when to put my brain in gear before my mouth.
anybody that has meet me knows excatly what i am on about about, hey?? but at least im me and i have'nt done bad so far...have i ???
oh well in the song title it goes...I am who i am 
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Posted: 5/19/2007 4:48:46 PM | I was mixed up on "affect" or "effect" too. I looked up the definitions.
"won't" is the abv. for "will not" just because "wiln't" would sound funny.
My peeve is that people don't know the difference between "there", "their" and "they're".
In business emails people use "there" for all three!
People should memorize this sentence....
THEY'RE going to put THEIR stuff over THERE.
And the same thing with "to", "too" and "two".
Come on, this is 4th grade English!
TWO guys went TO the bar TOO many times.
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Posted: 5/19/2007 4:53:03 PM | If you think English is bad you wanna try the same in languages which have gender specifics which potentially add three more variants to each set of grammar rules, I am afraid the implementation of English grammar has reached dreadful standards with huge sections of society.
Best place to witness it is by reading eBay PowerSellers auctions...  | |
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Posted: 5/19/2007 9:42:20 PM | | can't fault someone who knows their vocabulary and knows where to insert the correct punctuation and says could have, instead of 'could of' which is so so wrong! lol | |
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Posted: 11/27/2007 4:55:08 PM | The standards on the Internet are laughable, I'm afraid.
Just don't start me on Greengrocers' Apostrophes. | |
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Posted: 11/27/2007 8:49:02 PM | the one I have always liked is whether or wether
whether
Used in indirect questions to introduce one alternative: We should find out whether the museum is open.
wether
a castrated male sheep
such as huge difference, I pointed it out today to a lady on her profile, but I was a pedantic git seemingly | |
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Posted: 11/28/2007 3:40:58 AM | | Some doing so we wouldnt complain about though, and it wouldnt annoy us if they said they were Bare or bear just to keep it topical | |
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Posted: 11/28/2007 3:41:49 AM | grammer and punctuation are really weak on my side dont know why just cannot grasp them although i dont consider myself stupid but do not like the fact i find it difficult,
the odd word like accept and except i sometimes mix up, i am sure there are other but i am sure the grammer police on here will soon put me right bless them | |
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Posted: 11/28/2007 4:49:43 AM | I like to think I have passable English, but I make no claims to being perfect!
However, it always tickles me that the people who bang on about how unimportant good English is, are usually the ones who are unable to use it properly!
It also tickles me how often they claim it's dyslexia despite never being tested or diagnosed with it. It's just a handy nail to hang their laziness on in the "blame culture" we live in.
I do sympathise with genuine dyslexics; it's doubly hard for them because they have to struggle with an affliction that makes everyday life difficult, while compassion and sympathy for them is diluted because of the sheer quantity of fakes around. | |
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Posted: 11/28/2007 4:39:10 PM |
"affect" or "effect"
The amount of time I spend on POF forum is affecting my sleep.
Lack of sleep is an effect of the amount of time I spend on POF forums.
Clear now?
I do not have major problems with written English but being a foreigner there are certain words that I try to avoid saying alltogether as I do not hear the difference in their pronounciation:
ship/sheep
coke/cock
sheet/shit
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Posted: 11/29/2007 2:05:53 AM | I have no problems with vocabulary, grammar or punctuation.
I see far too many people blaming dyslexia for their inability, when it is in fact laziness. I know a few genuinely dyslexic people, the handicap affects their ability to spell certain words and thye mix up some of the obvious similar ones such as there, thier and they're. Having said that, a real dyslexic can work through those problems and attain a very reasonable standard of grammar. My ex in fact is dyslexic, yet writes speaches for the department she runs during orientations etc.
The whole drive of human nature has been away from living in cold, damp caves, to living in yummy apartments and houses, with heating, lighting, cooking facilities and xboxes. All of this has been attained by a steady climb in our ability to communicate effectively with each other. It would appear this skill is being dramatically eroded.
I spoke to a woman on MSN a few months ago who constantly typed in text speak, was lazy with grammar etc, eventually I told her I no longer wished to talk with her. She pushed and asked why, I told her.
She blaimed her daughter!!!!!!
The woman actualy said to me, as if it were the most normal thing in the world, that she a grown woman, had been corrupted by her 12 year old daughter's habits. I politely explained that my version of parenting involved the parent teaching the child what's right/wrong good/bad, not the other way around and left it at that. | |
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Posted: 11/29/2007 5:40:17 AM | | it would seem that the youth of today haven't much of a clue about spellig, grammar or punctuation. I'm a foreign national myself and do my best to use the language correctly at all times. It really amazes me that there are so many people who don't know their own language! How do they manage to get any grades in their exams? Surely it's marks off for such laziness? | |
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Posted: 11/29/2007 6:07:51 AM | As a foreigner, English is not my mother tongue and English is taught in a more traditional way in M'sia. So, my spelling (which frequently is let down by my typing) is quite good, as well as my punctuations. Indeed, I find punctuation to be extremely important as, without it, I find it difficult to understand what I am reading especially when a sentence is very long.
I was pretty shocked to learn they do not teach grammar at school nowadays. I can still recall the stuff one has to learn on verbs eg
Present Tense, Past Tense, Future Tense, Past Participle, Present Continous, Past Continous, Past Future Continous, et. etc. | |
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Posted: 11/29/2007 8:28:26 AM | I'm a bit confused over when to use "seen" & "saw" ? 
I seen that fim last night, I saw that film last night?
I still can't memorise the diference between presume & assume.
people who ask for pacific details slay me
"could you be more pacific please"
I find specific a hard word to pronounce, along with 'thorougly' & 'statistics'. | |
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Posted: 11/29/2007 8:34:12 AM |
I'm a bit confused over when to use "seen" & "saw" ?
I seen that fim last night, I saw that film last night?
Let me see if I can clarify, Lily....
Was the film you saw last night called Saw? If it was then you have been to see Saw, though if it wasn't then you have not seen Saw, and you should make the effort to go and see Saw because those who have seen Saw say that it is worth seeing.
See?
HTH! | |
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Posted: 11/29/2007 8:55:07 AM | Pet hates with this subject.....
People, who over punctuate, like this, with lots of. Pointless punctuation! No, point, so annoying | |
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Posted: 11/29/2007 3:21:36 PM |
People, who over punctuate, like this, with lots of. Pointless punctuation! No, point, so annoying
To spell correctly is a science, to punctuate correctly is an art.
To give a shit, at this time of night, is sad, really sad. | |
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Posted: 11/29/2007 3:31:30 PM |
And yet, you did.
Merlot and penchant for smarmy quotes does that to me.
Sad I know, as you inferred. | |
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Posted: 11/29/2007 3:35:42 PM | Always funny tho to see the spelling nazis get words wrong...seen at least one on this page | |
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Posted: 11/30/2007 3:12:31 AM | | If something is unreadable to you then don't read it? Simple as that. Is it worth getting all huffy puffy about it | |
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