One for the spelling police

[Pothole]

Willy Nilly said:

a few quite words of advise

[onesickpuppy]

duka said:

washbay do a range of cars from genaral runarounds to prestige type vehicles - I've had some A-glaze treatment in the past with good results. they seem to take care with customers cars as if they were there own - worth trying once to make you're own mind up.

[paul.deitch]

Eric Mc said:

Like putting commas in the wrong part of a sentence and leaving them out from where they should be?

Please go ahead and impress us with the corrections then.

[TonyRPH]

paul.deitch said:

Eric Mc said:

Like putting commas in the wrong part of a sentence and leaving them out from where they should be?

Please go ahead and impress us with the corrections then.

[onesickpuppy]

paul.deitch said:

Eric Mc said:

Like putting commas in the wrong part of a sentence and leaving them out from where they should be?

Please go ahead and impress us with the corrections then.

Oooh, can I have a go?

Does anybody else worry that seeing the same mistakes so often one will, without noticing, eventually start to make the same mistakes?

Still not convinced it's right though.

[paul.deitch]

TonyRPH said:

No not me, I'm always ready to learn.

[pacman1]

paul.deitch said:

That I know of.

Surely it should be, of that I know?

Sorry, I don't mean to be pedantic..

singlecoil said:

..it's marriage that you need to be wary of.

..it's marriage of which you need to be wary.

Feck me, it's like shooting rats in a barrel.

goldblum said:

Anybody with a link from a valid,research based report backed by references that comes to that irrefutable conclusion?

Is there anybody..


I like this game!

eta, I'm off to find some more..

Edited by pacman1 on Friday 17th February 22:25

[ATTAK Z]

pacman1 said:

paul.deitch said:

That I know of.

Surely it should be, of that I know?

Sorry, don't mean to be pedantic..

never, ever, end a sentence with a preposition if you can find another word to end it with

[pacman1]

ATTAK Z said:

never, ever, end a sentence with a preposition if you can find another word to end it with

I wholeheartedly agree. Never mind this namby pamby sheit (swear filter dodging there), of worring about starting sentences with a capital letter, or finishing them with a full stop.

Good man.

[ATTAK Z]

ATTAK Z said:

pacman1 said:

paul.deitch said:

That I know of.

Surely it should be, of that I know?

Sorry, don't mean to be pedantic..

never, ever, end a sentence with a preposition if you can find another word to end it with

ever

[pacman1]

ATTAK Z said:

ever Evahh!

[singlecoil]

pacman1 said:

it would soon decend into a race issue,

[pacman1]

singlecoil said:

pacman1 said:

it would soon decend into a race issue,

Now, you didn't think I wasn't expecting some back, did you?

[ATTAK Z]

ATTAK Z said:

ATTAK Z said:

pacman1 said:

paul.deitch said:

That I know of.

Surely it should be, of that I know?

Sorry, don't mean to be pedantic..

never, ever, end a sentence with a preposition if you can find another word to end it with

ever

with which to end it

[pacman1]

ATTAK Z said:

ATTAK Z said:

ever

with which to end it

Nah, a capital E and a full stop would be fine. I'll let you off the capital W and the question mark on your second quote, though.

But this is the pedant's thread, afterall. PH: Tedium Matters.

Edited by pacman1 on Friday 17th February 22:53

[ATTAK Z]

Did you mean: after all?

[pacman1]

ATTAK Z said:

Did you mean: after all?

Good man!! I'll leave it as it is.

[goldblum]

pacman1 said:

The nay sayers with gonads of steel

naysayers

There's plenty more tho (sic).

[Cock Womble 7]

ATTAK Z said:

Never, ever, end a sentence with a preposition if you can find another word to end it with.

This is something up with which we will not put.

[pacman1]

goldblum said:

pacman1 said:

The nay sayers with gonads of steel

naysayers

There's plenty more tho (sic).

I did wonder whether 'naysayers' was one word at the time of typing, but couldn't be arsed to check.
Thanks.

'tho' was deliberate, tho. I uses it often 'cos l can be deliberately lazy, see?
Adds a bit of 'colloquial' l feel.

Edited by pacman1 on Saturday 18th February 07:14