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Some people are so dishonest
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Because I'm in charge! I should probably reword that sentence - I'd mark a double space up to be amended if I saw it in a document. Mostly because I'm looking for consistency within communications. I also work in an environment that calls for snappy, modern writing - that means no double spaces after full stops. I know all the copywriters at my agency would do the same too.0
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What was this thread about originally?0
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GrammarGirl wrote: »I also work in an environment that calls for snappy, modern writing - .
Translated that means - Ignore all grammar and make it up as you go along0 -
Translated that means - Ignore all grammar and make it up as you go along
Not at all. We're all trained in advanced English.
Language, and therefore the written word, is constantly evolving and changing. That doesn't mean text speak should be recognised in an official capacity (I would rather gouge out my eyeballs with rusty spoons than write in text speak) but it does mean we have to adapt and change the way we write to suit clients and audiences.
Look how much English has changed since Shakespeare's day - words and habits become redundant, fall out of favour, change and mutate. It's part of the evolution of our language. Nothing made up about it.0 -
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GrammarGirl wrote: »Not at all. We're all trained in advanced English.
Language, and therefore the written word, is constantly evolving and changing. That doesn't mean text speak should be recognised in an official capacity (I would rather gouge out my eyeballs with rusty spoons than write in text speak) but it does mean we have to adapt and change the way we write to suit clients and audiences.
Look how much English has changed since Shakespeare's day - words and habits become redundant, fall out of favour, change and mutate. It's part of the evolution of our language. Nothing made up about it.
I don't speak advanced English though. Equally I don't speak text.
I just speak, read and write in english. I sure the other two both have their place equally in the scale of things.0 -
I don't speak advanced English though. Equally I don't speak text.
I just speak, read and write in english. I sure the other two both have their place equally in the scale of things.
Well, that's my point exactly. The advanced English thing was in reply to the 'you just make it up as you go along with no regard to grammar' comment. I don't. I know what I'm doing, I'm qualified to do it.
My point is that language and speech evolves. You say you just speak, read and write in English. But the way you speak, read and write is much different to the way people spoke, read and wrote a hundred years ago. As professional writers we have to change and adapt the way we write to reflect accepted themes. One example is the word 'email'. When first developed, it would be written with a hyphen - e-mail. Because it is now such a popular, commonly used word, the hyphen has been dropped (mostly) and 'email' has become the accepted form of the word.0 -
if they can't understand how to form a "sentance" then I have little hope for their understanding of the crucial elements of our products (such as condition).
They are often asking thbuy it now product, as it turned out after a few painfully confusing messages back and forth. :rolleyes:
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Is sentence, or "sentance" sorry I have dislexia and chronic condition illness0 -
Wow, you really massacred the quote function there, didn't you.vivamartin wrote: »if they can't understand how to form a "sentance" then I have little hope for their understanding of the crucial elements of our products (such as condition).
They are often asking thbuy it now product, as it turned out after a few painfully confusing messages back and forth. :rolleyes:
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Is it sentence, or "sentance". Sorry, I have dislexia and a chronic condition illness.
Oh, and I've corrected your question. :ABack on MSE after a 5 year hiatus.
:heart2: Rhi :heart2:
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GrammarGirl wrote: »Well, that's my point exactly. The advanced English thing was in reply to the 'you just make it up as you go along with no regard to grammar' comment. I don't. I know what I'm doing, I'm qualified to do it.
My point is that language and speech evolves. You say you just speak, read and write in English. But the way you speak, read and write is much different to the way people spoke, read and wrote a hundred years ago. As professional writers we have to change and adapt the way we write to reflect accepted themes. One example is the word 'email'. When first developed, it would be written with a hyphen - e-mail. Because it is now such a popular, commonly used word, the hyphen has been dropped (mostly) and 'email' has become the accepted form of the word.
But my point is I'm not a professional writer, I'm passing time with a very broad cross section of the population, and I haven't spoken to anybody from a hundred years ago, (but there could be a very old forum member out there somewhere) so I don't think I need to be qualified in full stop placement. I'm not texting them either, so my knowledge of text speak is also low.0
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