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

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  • nicko33
    nicko33 Posts: 1,125 Forumite
    spirit wrote: »
    The amount of times my finger omits to type the o:eek:
    "number of times", surely ;)
  • pinkteapot
    pinkteapot Posts: 8,044 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I'm currently reading "Collins Improve Your Grammar" (new user: can't post an Amazon link). I have a good education and write for a living, but I'm from the recent generation that was not taught any formal grammar at school. My grammar is pretty good because I somehow know what is correct from my life-long love of reading, but I can't explain why something is wrong. I'd highly recommend the book; it's more entertaining than it sounds!
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    edited 12 August 2010 at 3:52PM
    When writing, you should avoid cliches like the plague
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
  • treliac
    treliac Posts: 4,524 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Well, you're in luck - they love a bit of rough.
    :)


    Speak for yourself young woman. ;)
  • fc123
    fc123 Posts: 6,573 Forumite
    nearlynew wrote: »
    When writing, you should avoid cliches like the plague

    Like what? Go on....give us an example.:o

    My writing is grammatically very poor as I only got to O Level too....but some things just look or sound incorrect.

    It used to be the loose/lose thing on this board that wound people up.
    ''I think I will loose my house of interest rates rise'' rather than 'lose my house'.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 13 August 2010 at 3:01AM
    tomterm8 wrote: »
    Do you write stuff to direct people to your own site, or to other peoples sites?
    Both. And every combination in between.

    Sometimes I am paid directly for links, sometimes I wake up, scratch and think "I know, today I'll write about squirrels".

    I can make money out of squirrels or hubcaps, combs or grass seed. The subject doesn't matter... it's all fluff for traffic.

    I have one appalling piece of early work... took me 20 minutes, on a whim. Paid me about £250 to date I think. I suspect that masterpiece will top £1000 in the fullness of time.
  • nicko33
    nicko33 Posts: 1,125 Forumite
    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    If you can count things (one person, two people, 10,000 people...) it's fewer. If you can't count things (bread, sugar, rice), it's less.
    What about the opposite, i.e. if there are more
    Are there 2 different words for more depending on the type of thing being referenced?
    If not, and we don't need a distinction for "more", then I see no need for a distinction for "less" (or there is an opening here to invent a new word).

    There are morer people
    There is more bread
  • GracieP
    GracieP Posts: 1,263 Forumite
    JonnyBravo wrote: »
    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.

    Well there is a time and a place.

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  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    I hate "passed away", too. "Died" is much more honest.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    nicko33 wrote: »
    If not, and we don't need a distinction for "more", then I see no need for a distinction for "less" (or there is an opening here to invent a new word).

    You're expecting English to be logical?
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
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