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Post by parsnip on Aug 7, 2012 18:40:11 GMT
Looking at a lot of pony ads at the moment as we are in the awkward position of selling/loaning/buying/looking for loan.
Why can't people write 'quiet' instead of 'quite?'
Also, 'Could have' instead of 'could of?'
Just a pointless observation but very common..............agh!
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Post by watchbank on Aug 7, 2012 18:41:58 GMT
haha hope i havent done that!!
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Post by True on Aug 7, 2012 18:53:30 GMT
You're right, it is pointless. You can't turn everyone into scholars, just hope the description is accurate  |
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Post by sarahp on Aug 7, 2012 19:17:08 GMT
Language is for communication, if people can't use it properly the communication suffers! So not pointless.
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Post by bethanyy on Aug 7, 2012 20:16:51 GMT
Haha my pet hate is incorrect spellings or grammar! As an English student it drives me insane!
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Post by sparklepony on Aug 7, 2012 21:04:02 GMT
I wish people could think of another word other than 'stunning'
Aaaaargh!!
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Post by parsnip on Aug 7, 2012 21:23:37 GMT
If the typos render the description inaccurate?!
Was getting in the car to go view a pony that was advertised as quite and mature .... 14 years old. Had a strange text that I wanted to clarify ..... pony was 14 months ..... now that cannot be 'quite' mature at all - even if it is 'quiet!'
Sorry, I'm an English teacher (off duty!) - feel free to shoot me!
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Post by frozzy on Aug 8, 2012 12:29:04 GMT
Another moaner here. I went to school in the sixties and spelling and grammar were penalised if you got it wrong. Does matter considerably for an advertisement I think. Just read a post by someone who should have spelled "manner " instead of "manor".
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Post by helle on Aug 8, 2012 21:16:14 GMT
LOL. I was born in Denmark and learned English at school, so I would like to think I learned it correctly. One of my most hated things is the would of/ could of rather than the corect would have / could have. I keep telling my family that there is no such thing as 'would of', it drives me MAD ;D |
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Post by watchbank on Aug 8, 2012 21:22:45 GMT
I once worked with a lady who put a fancy sign up behind the counters for the staff that said 'there is never nothing to do' and i said well shouldn't it be 'there is always something to do' and she went stark mental at me over it but i was correct and its still there to this day lol!!
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Post by fanfarefan on Aug 9, 2012 11:49:00 GMT
definately not a pointless moan , when we were at school we had weekly spelling , and grammar tests ,and i like to think , and hope that it wasn't all a waste of time , the could of /should of , drives me mad.
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Post by CarolineNelson on Aug 9, 2012 20:36:03 GMT
Oh! How I so agree with you! For all that we are penalised by people who name us as the "spelling Police".
I dread to think where the our beloved and correct English Language will be in 100 - 200 years time.
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Post by baggygirl on Aug 9, 2012 20:40:54 GMT
Hate when people spell trakeners wrong...
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Post by True on Aug 10, 2012 19:12:50 GMT
As I said it is a pointless moan as you will never get everyone to spell correctly. Baggygirl do you mean trakehner  |
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Post by ladywell on Aug 10, 2012 21:00:52 GMT
Totally agree - it is our language and we should know how to use it - apart from 'could/would of' instead of could have/would have' my other gripe is 'menage' - the word is manege! Menage means household (ie as in menage a trois!)  |
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Post by parsnip on Aug 11, 2012 9:11:24 GMT
We simply called them 'schools' in the old days or 'arenas' if posh! At least it didn't sound faintly suggestive!
True 'True' but I don't want everyone to spell correctly ALL the time ..... would be nice ...... but a quick spell check when trying to sell something wouldn't go amiss! I must be missing my day job!
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Post by choppytrotty on Aug 11, 2012 10:54:06 GMT
Oh! How I so agree with you! For all that we are penalised by people who name us as the "spelling Police". I dread to think where the our beloved and correct English Language will be in 100 - 200 years time. Errrgggh, I am also dreading the language. I bet even in about 20-30 years it will be ....eWwww. |
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