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> Pedants' Paradise, Spelling and Grammar Notes and Queries
maggiemay
post Jun 12 2012, 08:49 AM
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Another brickbat for the beeb -

from an article on the BBC new website this morning ...

... individuals whose father's were older ...

At least they could be consistent!
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post Jun 12 2012, 09:11 AM
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here are two annoying grammar issues I have seen recently:

gateauxes
sunglass's- and that was in specsavers!!

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post Jun 12 2012, 09:16 AM
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haha! gateauxes! I almost like that. At least someone tried, I guess!
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post Jun 12 2012, 09:27 AM
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At least they got the French grammar right, the added English grammar rules ruined it all!!
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post Jun 26 2012, 10:41 AM
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'...guilty of selling cannabis to an undercover policeman worth less than ?300 '.

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post Jun 26 2012, 08:21 PM
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QUOTE(maggiemay @ Jun 26 2012, 11:41 AM) *

'...guilty of selling cannabis to an undercover policeman worth less than ?300 '.

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It's amazing how cheaply you can pick up a policeman these days.
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post Jun 28 2012, 08:44 PM
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From the BBC News website. Have fun reading this, everyone...

'An agreement between the Musicians Union and 2012 guarantees that all professional performers will be payed unless they are amateurs or headline acts happy to waive their fee.'

full article
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post Jun 28 2012, 10:04 PM
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QUOTE(barry-clari @ Jun 28 2012, 09:44 PM) *
From the BBC News website. Have fun reading this, everyone...

'An agreement between the Musicians Union and 2012 guarantees that all professional performers will be payed unless they are amateurs or headline acts happy to waive their fee.'

full article


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post Jun 29 2012, 03:38 PM
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"Alot" is not a word. Unless you mean "allot" which is something entirely different.

"Loose" rhymes with "moose" and "sluice" and is the opposite of "tight"; "lose" rhymes with "chose" and "shoes" and is the opposite of "find". Therefore I am losing, not "loosing", the will to live. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)
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post Jun 29 2012, 04:15 PM
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And please - even BBC announcers - "bouquet" does not rhyme with OK!
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QUOTE(barry-clari @ Jun 28 2012, 09:44 PM) *

From the BBC News website. Have fun reading this, everyone...

'An agreement between the Musicians Union and 2012 guarantees that all professional performers will be payed unless they are amateurs or headline acts happy to waive their fee.'

full article


They've corrected it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Jun 29 2012, 06:37 PM
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Our (free) local paper again ...

Mrs X, of whose company Allders own's more than ?20,000 ....

Actually what they are trying to say is that Mrs X's company is owed more than ?20.000 by Allders.

I give up!
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post Jun 29 2012, 08:20 PM
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QUOTE(Czerny @ Jun 29 2012, 04:38 PM) *

"Alot" is not a word. Unless you mean "allot" which is something entirely different.

"Loose" rhymes with "moose" and "sluice" and is the opposite of "tight"; "lose" rhymes with "chose" and "shoes" and is the opposite of "find". Therefore I am losing, not "loosing", the will to live. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

choose, surely? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)
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post Jun 29 2012, 08:55 PM
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QUOTE(madbassoonist @ Jun 29 2012, 09:20 PM) *

QUOTE(Czerny @ Jun 29 2012, 04:38 PM) *

"Alot" is not a word. Unless you mean "allot" which is something entirely different.

"Loose" rhymes with "moose" and "sluice" and is the opposite of "tight"; "lose" rhymes with "chose" and "shoes" and is the opposite of "find". Therefore I am losing, not "loosing", the will to live. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

choose, surely? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

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Yes, indeed! Oops. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)
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QUOTE(linda.ff @ Jun 29 2012, 06:15 PM) *

And please - even BBC announcers - "bouquet" does not rhyme with OK!


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