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Originally posted by d000hg View PostSorry but they still teach English at school, they just don't teach much grammar because the language is tending towards function over form. Sorry to break it to you but what you were taught is no longer 'proper English' anyway. Move with the times grandad.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
Have you evern tried to help your Uncle Jack off a horse?Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by GibbonApostrophes are for dumb****s who cant understand context, they were invented only @500 years ago by some verbose Italian.
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Originally posted by d000hg View Post
So you're boasting that your learning makes you struggle to understand something an illiterate would not find confusing?
Sorry but they still teach English at school, they just don't teach much grammar because the language is tending towards function over form. Sorry to break it to you but what you were taught is no longer 'proper English' anyway. Move with the times grandad.
As I said - HTH BIDIBlog? What blog...?Comment
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Originally posted by d000hg View Post
Sorry but they still teach English at school, they just don't teach much grammar because the language is tending towards function over form. Sorry to break it to you but what you were taught is no longer 'proper English' anyway. Move with the times grandad."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Two phrases I overuse:
It is was it is.
Onwards and upwards.
The missus has even given up telling me to stop saying them.Comment
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Originally posted by kloos View PostTwo phrases I overuse:
It is was it is.
Onwards and upwards.
The missus has even given up telling me to stop saying them.
Add in 'we are where we are' and you might be in line for a promotion.When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
Not true about grammar teaching. It's back en vogue.
Actually typing this reminded me of French lessons pre-GCSE, I think that was the only 'formal' grammar lessons we had. As he pointed out, he was teaching us English grammar to explain the French counterparts as none of us knew any of it (and this was at a reasonably good school).
Latin seems to be having a small boost in popularity too from what I hear?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by kloos View PostTwo phrases I overuse:
It is was it is.
Onwards and upwards.
The missus has even given up telling me to stop saying them.
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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