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Tenor Viol
post Apr 25 2012, 10:49 PM
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I was reading an oldish Private Eye the other day which had a picture caption from the website of a newspaper (Mirror??):

This is the bath in which Whitney Houston could of died in

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Groan.... that particular solecism is wrong on so many levels that it leaves you wondering what is taught in English classes at school these days
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post Apr 26 2012, 11:32 AM
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<<My husband does archery and from his reports it does seem that 'Did you loose an arrow?' and 'Did you lose an arrow?' are completely interchangeable as they always seem to be stopping to hunt for lost loosed arrows>>

As an archer, I can confirm that this is a true and accurate account of the way we spend our time.

Also, "loose" is in the dikshunary as a verb, so I don't quite understand the original objection (maybe I missed some earlier posts)...
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post Apr 26 2012, 02:05 PM
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QUOTE(Tenor Viol @ Apr 25 2012, 11:49 PM) *

QUOTE(Cyrilla @ Apr 25 2012, 11:02 PM) *
I was reading an oldish Private Eye the other day which had a picture caption from the website of a newspaper (Mirror??):

This is the bath in which Whitney Houston could of died in

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)


Groan.... that particular solecism is wrong on so many levels that it leaves you wondering what is taught in English classes at school these days.


Very little in my experience. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

I am constantly appalled by the number of post-grad students I come across who struggle to write a cogent sentence, let alone a cogent report! And don't get me started on homophones.

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PS: I have added a full stop for you! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Apr 26 2012, 07:07 PM
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Oops I misread that as homophobes !
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post Apr 26 2012, 09:16 PM
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QUOTE(Swell Box @ Apr 26 2012, 03:05 PM) *
QUOTE(Tenor Viol @ Apr 25 2012, 11:49 PM) *

QUOTE(Cyrilla @ Apr 25 2012, 11:02 PM) *
I was reading an oldish Private Eye the other day which had a picture caption from the website of a newspaper (Mirror??):

This is the bath in which Whitney Houston could of died in

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)


Groan.... that particular solecism is wrong on so many levels that it leaves you wondering what is taught in English classes at school these days.


Very little in my experience. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

I am constantly appalled by the number of post-grad students I come across who struggle to write a cogent sentence, let alone a cogent report! And don't get me started on homophones.

SB

PS: I have added a full stop for you! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


Thank you. A bad habit from writing too many e-mails at work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)

Given that I work in IT, one of my pet hates is people not understanding the difference between automated and automatic. People tend to say "The automatic xxxx" and I say "There goes one..." and they don't see what I'm getting at (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

There are many others. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Apr 27 2012, 09:12 AM
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QUOTE(Tenor Viol @ Apr 26 2012, 10:16 PM) *

QUOTE(Swell Box @ Apr 26 2012, 03:05 PM) *


PS: I have added a full stop for you! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


Thank you. A bad habit from writing too many e-mails at work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)

There are different rules for emails?
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post Apr 27 2012, 05:31 PM
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'Hostages have been ordered to throw computers from the windows by the suspect'

Erm - I think I get that ....... ?
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post Apr 27 2012, 09:13 PM
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QUOTE(Arundodonuts @ Apr 27 2012, 10:12 AM) *
QUOTE(Tenor Viol @ Apr 26 2012, 10:16 PM) *

QUOTE(Swell Box @ Apr 26 2012, 03:05 PM) *


PS: I have added a full stop for you! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


Thank you. A bad habit from writing too many e-mails at work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)

There are different rules for emails?

No, but one tends to find that one omits them at the end of paragraphs in e-mails for reasons that one does not understand. One does not otherwise tend to do this. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post May 10 2012, 10:11 AM
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Paragraph from an article in a local paper ---

Parishioners at xxxxx xxxxxx have been urged to keep valuables on them during communion, to avoid becoming victims of the thieves, which has been hit by over an 18-month period.
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Oh that's just great, isn't it, maggiemay? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

I'm afraid my red pen was twitching at a forumite recently.....but for the fear of being excommunicated I will keep quiet....

Zip-Lip-Bag (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) x
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post May 10 2012, 01:51 PM
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Paragraph from an article in a local paper ---

Parishioners at xxxxx xxxxxx have been urged to keep valuables on them during communion, to avoid becoming victims of the thieves, which has been hit by over an 18-month period.

Did someone put all the words of that "sentence" into a bag, shake it up, and then print them in the order in which they happened to fall out? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
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post May 10 2012, 01:54 PM
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Rest assured if said sentence had been shaken up in THIS Bag, the words WOULD have come out in the right order.

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post May 10 2012, 01:57 PM
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Rest assured if said sentence had been shaken up in THIS Bag, the words WOULD have come out in the right order.

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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Scrabble-Bag, shurely?
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post May 10 2012, 02:08 PM
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Ha! Indeed.

Very good.

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PS - you need to get out more. I'll lend you my anorak.
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post May 10 2012, 02:25 PM
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Ha! Indeed.

Very good.

Bx

PS - you need to get out more. I'll lend you my anorak.

Too true. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Could have done with your anorak earlier when I forgot my umbrella.
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