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Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishing -
Originally posted by malvolio View Post
Beginning with "so" is incorrect, if there is no preceding statement from which this statement follows on, or if "so" is followed by a justifying statement (as in, "So, because people start speaking with the word 'so', they are irritating f***wits"). "So, I'm James and I'm a f***wit" is grammatically incorrect.
"So, I'm the departmental head. My name is Dee, and I'm part mental!"Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
Exactly. It's an attempt to subliminally suggest "This is so", or "so be it", like an all-knowing oracle uttering unassailable words of wisdom.
Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostWhen people use literally incorrectly. Only this morning some put in our chat they 'literally drank their bodyweight on Friday night'Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by HoofHearted View Post
"Its" when it should be "it's"
All they do do is give pedants a reason to feel superior when in reality they ought to look at themselves as nemorepentefuitstultissimusLast edited by Gibbon; 7 February 2022, 17:27.But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the youngerComment
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Originally posted by Gibbon View Post
Apostrophes are for dumb****s who cant understand context, they were invented only @500 years ago by some verbose Italian. If it isnt spoken it isnt needed; the ancient Greeks and Romans had no use of spaces or full-stops (or any other grammatical interlopers really) and they got along fine with their literature.
All they do do is give pedants a reason to feel superior when in reality they ought to look at themselves as nemorepentefuitstultissimus
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Originally posted by malvolio View Post
I think you'll find that is not everyone's viewpoint. For example "I forgot my lunch so I ate my workmates".
HTH. BIDI...But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the youngerComment
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Originally posted by Gibbon View Post
Apostrophes are for dumb****s who cant understand context, they were invented only @500 years ago by some verbose Italian. If it isnt spoken it isnt needed; the ancient Greeks and Romans had no use of spaces or full-stops (or any other grammatical interlopers really) and they got along fine with their literature. ..
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Originally posted by Gibbon View Post
Context fecking hell M didnt expect you to roll out that trite example. Spoken it would make perfect sense, why should the written word be different?Blog? What blog...?Comment
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Originally posted by malvolio View Post
Because I can read? And, unlike most of the last two generations, I was taught English, rather than picking it up from a variety of illiterate sources.
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.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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