Molds

Anyone else here get tired of seeing **** like : -

tires - rather than tyres
more better than -
I can win you -
etc etc

What the hell is the matter with people? Doesn't anyone go to school anymore?

OK. So I am ****, but FFS is it that difficult?

imlach

Oops....we had this dicussion last week.....

Prepare to be flamed (not by me I may add, I agree with you!).

ProperCharlie

someone link the old thread, please.






i'm sure i posted something worth repeating on it

ajm

I blame the internet for americanisms like "tire".

Any HTML writers out there will know you have to write <font color="gray"> if you want your text colour to be grey!

Molds

Sorry, didn't spot other thread. Been trying to work during the day and not surf! Putting on flame suit right now...

ProperCharlie

and what do you blame functional illiteracy on?

Molds

parents

tiggers

So where in HTML is the <tire> tag used then?

The internet is not responsible for people spelling things differently/wrongly - poor education and people's laziness/'Couldn't give a damn' attitude is.

Why does everyone these days have to make excuses for things.

Oh and by the way just for information use of the HTML <FONT> tag is not recommended.

tiggers.

ajm

Oh honestly tiggers.... I'm surprised one so humorous as yourself didn't detect the trace of flippancy I left in my post. I don't really blame the internet, I blame you!

tiggers

ajm,

Of course I detected the note of flippancy (and I'd be surprised if one as educated as yourself really thought I didn't), but as I never got to properly contribute in your latest cat killing thread before you got it locked I thought I'd start in here!

tiggers.

Not edited as I remembered to add the before I saved the post

ajm

too bad you omitted the from your previous post then....



p.s. due to unprecedented demand I can no longer entertain feline related discourse in un-related threads such as this one. If you want to take a pop you will have to assume your place in the queue and either start your own thread, or wait for the next one to arise. Sorry for any inconvenience.

tiggers

Do you really want me to explain it a second time as after all you are supposed to be one of the more intelligent/educated members of SN or so you always imply anyway.

As for the cat thing I will obviously have to patiently wait my turn then won't I?

See you in your next cat killing thread!!

tiggers.

Taff107

(...................fecking geeks. .........)

NotoriousREV

can anyone borrow me a tenner?

lightning101

1. Always avoid alliteration.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. ***
3. Avoid clichés like the plague - they're old hat.
4. Employ the vernacular.
5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
6. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
7. Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas.
8. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive. ***
9. Contractions aren't necessary.
10. Do not use a foreign word when there is an adequate English quid pro quo.
11. If you must use a foreign term, it is de rigour to spell it correctly.
12. One should never generalise.
13. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
14. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
15. Refrain from being indirect.
16. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
17. It behoves you to avoid archaic expressions.
18. Avoid archaeic spellings too.
19. Understatement is always best.
20. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
21. One-word sentences? Eliminate. Always!
22. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
23. Mixed metaphors are unstable foundations for flights of fancy.
24. The passive voice should not be used. ***
25. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
26. Never insult the bunch of morons that make up your readership.
27. Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.
28. Who needs rhetorical questions?
29. The writer should not annoy half of his readers by using gender-specific language.
30. Don't use commas, that, are not, necessary.
31. Do not use hyperbole; not one in a million can do it effectively.
32. Never use a big word when a diminutive alternative would suffice.
33. Subject and verb always has to agree.
34. Be more or less specific.
35. Placing a comma between subject and predicate, is not correct.
36. Use youre spell chekker to avoid mispeling and to catch typograhpical errers.
37. Spelling chequers all ways get it write.
38. Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before, avoid being repetitive and don't use tautological pleonasms.
39. Don't be redundant.
40. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.
41. Don't never use no double negatives.
42. Poofread carefully to see if you any words out.
43. Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
44. Eschew obfuscation.
45. No sentence fragments.
46. Abstraction is to be avoided.
47. Don't indulge in sesquipedalian lexicological constructions.
48. A writer must not shift your point of view.
49. Don't overuse exclamation marks!!
50. Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more, words, or to their antecedents.
51. Puns are for children, not for readers who are groan.
52. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
53. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
54. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
55. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.
56. Always pick on the correct idiom.
57. The adverb always follows the verb.
58. Always cite the sources of any material you have lifted.
59. It is recommended that measures should be taken to ensure that the length of sentences is not excessive and that the complexity of said sentences is reduced.
60. And always be sure to finish what

milo

funny... i didnt think this was a board where you HAD to post in en-gb. i thought (for example) americans were allowed on here too, and could post in en-us if they wanted to...

i must admit that altho i just clicked "ok" or whatever when the terms came up when i registered, i'd have been surprised if it said "posts in the queen's english only".

i kinda agree with the essence of your post tho... id have put it way more better than u did tho

Molds

<keyb uk>
milo, I was generalising but perhaps tyres were a bad example.

Then again why can't the Americans spell properly?

<tongue firmly in cheek>
</keyb uk>

lightning101

Oh how the americans laugh that we still use Christmas instead of Xmas.

Maybe all the bad spellers jumped on a boat and went to discover the Americas, or India (LOL).

CLSII

My pet hate is the way people spell loose when they mean lose....is that en-us or just bad spelling?

Are you joking me when you spell this word like that

milo

nope.. bad spelling. only the loosers spell like that

Chris L

Advice and advise - my pet hate

You ask for advice and advise someone.

Chris

lightning101

Advisor or adviser ?

lightning101

These exercises practise using words which have similar meanings and which are often confused. Decide which of the words should go in the gaps. Remember to put them in the correct form.

expect, hope, wait

1. I can't come out now. I have to stay in and ________________ for the electrician to come and fix the lighting.

2. I _______________ you can come to my wedding. I'd love to see you there.

3. Angela's plane landed fifteen minutes ago, so I'm ________________ her to walk through soon.

variable, variance, variation, variety

4. The ________________ in temperatures between night and day can be as much as 30 degrees in the desert.

5. They're always at ________________ with each other. They never seem to agree.

6. We have a huge ________________ of films to rent - thrillers, comedy, romance. You name it, we've got it.

7. The weather in England is extremely ________________. It can be sunny one moment and wet the next.

experience (2), experiment

8. I'm sorry, Miss James. Your qualifications are excellent, but we need someone with more ________________ of this type of work.

9. When I lived in America I had some wonderful ________________ which I will always remember.

10. The results from the first ________________ were disappointing. We'll have to do some more.

Leslie

I often wonder why the word "proven" is used so often now. I remember being told at school that this word is an old Scottish legal term and was not officially part of the English language.

The correct word is "proved".

Les

Mice_Elf

My personal teeth-grinders are "gotten" and "panties". Absolutely loathe those words.

lightning101

Does anyone on here know the difference between ADAPTOR and ADAPTER ?

eClaire

They're the same thing, aren't they?!

Redkop

Loose instead of lose

Bare and bear is another....
this one can conjure up some pretty horrific visions if taken literally, so when someone says bare with me - my reply will always be 'no thanks'

lightning101

Gold star for eClaire.


You would not believe the arguments at work over that one (oil industry).

unclebuck

Just read this:

"lol every time i see a super bike and am in the scooby am on there back wheel as i find there 1 of only a few people that r willing 2 have a blast with you "

WTF are you talking about

UB