Someone that's driving me mad......

poet123

nearlynew wrote: »

With inflation running so higher I can't afford to buy as many stuff at the supermarket so I always use the "5 items or less till".

I know, I was standing under the sign discussing this very popint yesterday with my son....They must by now know it is :mad:wrong...CHANGE IT PLEASE!!

tomterm8

PasturesNew wrote: »

Now I just write fluff and nobody cares what it says so long as it made somebody end up on the page

Do you write stuff to direct people to your own site, or to other peoples sites?

mardatha

Has anybody else noticed that drawers have suddenly turned into draws ?

poet123

Graham_Devon wrote: »

I really don't like people walking along the pavement with golf brollys, protecting them from a bit of drizzle touching their precious hair.

Does that count?

Of course it counts GD....do you have hair?;)

GracieP

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't after you....

I knew I should have closed my curtains last night.

GracieP

LydiaJ wrote: »

But never mind that. We have found a baby goat who can read, type and use a computer. Somebody call a tabloid newspaper - hurry!

The BBC already got me.

http://www.typing-games.org/a/learning/2010/0601/72.html

spirit

MSE Guy knows his fewer from his lesses!


"Fewer people are expected to lose their homes this year after mortgage lenders today reported a decline in seizures ..."

Read the full story:
Home repossessions down but we're 'not out of the woods'

GracieP

I had a lucky escape once with regards to grammar and pronunciation. Several years ago I had an assistant who spoke English as her third language and had only begun learning it several years before. She could communicate more than adequately but did make occasional mistakes. So she asked me to correct her whenever she did so she could keep improving. While I initially found it slightly awkward after a while I just got in the habit of automatically correcting her if she said something the wrong way.

Not the best habit to be in when your crazy neighbour who has a woeful grasp of the one and only language he speaks, estuary English, starts screaming at you.

spirit

not really about grammar, but I have to type the word account quite often at work.

The amount of times my finger omits to type the o:eek:

oh dear

JonnyBravo

Exocet wrote: »

Please don't take this the wrong way, but sometimes I think people can get a bit too hung up on the exact correct use of English stuff like words an' all that. Now if he had said less dudes then I wouldn't take him seriously but LESS and FEWER is not something I get right meself.

Ah right, and if you can't grasp the simple concept, then the rest of us stand no chance?
Bravo to NDG for trying to educate a few of the "whatever" brigade.

Of course the usual suspects all reject any opportunity for enlightenment.