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Old 14 January 2012, 08:11 PM
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Who fancies helping ol' Jamz create a sentence than makes grammatical sense? I will PM you over the offending sentence.
Old 14 January 2012, 08:18 PM
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Yule gett know hellp on hear
Old 14 January 2012, 08:21 PM
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oh noes!
Old 14 January 2012, 08:21 PM
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If you are serious - ! will (no apostrophes tho' )

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Old 14 January 2012, 09:20 PM
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Post your sentence in Microsoft word and that will automatically find any grammar errors.
Old 14 January 2012, 10:46 PM
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Don't worry lads, I just used a bit of txtspk to mask the poor grammer. All is well!
Old 14 January 2012, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Jamz3k
Don't worry lads, I just used a bit of txtspk to mask the poor grammer. All is well!

using text-speak, is worse than using bad grammar (full stop/colon !!!)

come on -- what was the sentence...................................?

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Its not important now, all taken care of.

I always thought it was grammer, rather than grammar. No wonder I failed A-level English Lit.
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Originally Posted by hutton_d
To help you with 'grammer' Wikipedia gives:


Dave
But David, Old chap; James Three Kilo spelt 'Grammertical' correctly (whoops, I mean 'Grammatical' - one just cannot get the keyboards these days....)

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Originally Posted by stevebt
Post your sentence in Microsoft word and that will automatically find any grammar errors.
No it won't.
Old 15 January 2012, 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Jamz3k
Its not important now, all taken care of.

I always thought it was grammer, rather than grammar. No wonder I failed A-level English Lit.
is that all !!!!!! - i thought it might involve all sorts of convoluted stuff (examplia gratia (thats latin for e.g. ) -proposing to your girlfriend
Old 15 January 2012, 02:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Bubba po
No it won't.
Seconded, MS Word is abysmal grammar wise!
Old 15 January 2012, 11:55 AM
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What a fuss, we all knew what he meant anyway.

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Old 15 January 2012, 01:18 PM
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Rearrange the following into a well known phrase or saying:

off fu*k.
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Originally Posted by legb4rsk
Rearrange the following into a well known phrase or saying:

off fu*k.
I can't - you haven't supplied me with a capital F.
Old 15 January 2012, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Jamz3k
. No wonder I failed A-level English Lit.
Or English Language

It's fatal posting on these threads.You can't see your own errrrors
Old 15 January 2012, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by lozgti1
Or English Language

It's fatal posting on these threads.You can't see your own errrrors


Yup ! -- I had to edit tow of mine
Old 15 January 2012, 05:41 PM
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Just remember I before E except after c so what the ferk is bieng then???

and use theiere then no one can say you got it wrong


Mart
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Originally Posted by mart360
Just remember I before E except after c so what the ferk is bieng then???

and use theiere then no one can say you got it wrong


Mart

You need to use theiey're to cover all possibilities.
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Originally Posted by mart360
Just remember I before E except after c so what the ferk is bieng then???

and use theiere then no one can say you got it wrong


Mart
It is now accepted that the above 'rule' is outnumbered by the exceptions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duqlZXiIZqA

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