For those who like to point out grammar mistakes...
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We knew it all along of course, but scientists have now proven you're a bit of a saddo.
http://www.sciencealert.com/people-who-pick-up-gra...
http://www.sciencealert.com/people-who-pick-up-gra...
hairyben said:
We knew it all along of course, but scientists have now proven you're a bit of a saddo.
http://www.sciencealert.com/people-who-pick-up-gra...
What, you mean people like this.http://www.sciencealert.com/people-who-pick-up-gra...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
hairyben said:
And especially so when their own damn site contains grammar like this, I'd feel ripped off if a 5 year old charged my 50p to come up with this: http://www.tms-webdesign.co.uk/
You're right. Total saddo. 
To quote from the report:
". . . which either contained no errors or had been altered to include typos (e.g. "teh" instead of "the") or grammatical mix-ups, such as too/to or it's/its."
Not to put too fine a point on it but too instead of to (or vice versa) is a spelling mistake and not one of grammar.
I used to be a printer. We were trained for six years and the emphasis was on the eradication of errors, including typos (which has, perhaps had, a specific meaning in the printing world), spelling, poor use of apostrophes and others that could confuse. We were told, and I fully agree with it, that the English language can be used to describe anything in the world with precision. This was to say literally anything, and that was literally in its apparently old fashioned meaning and not it current indeterminate one.
I've been on a number of English courses and I was told that using too instead of to was tantamount to putting 2 in an equation when you meant 3. Expecting others to work through your errors shows a certain slackness.
Further, improper spelling, especially nowadays with spell checkers in free word processing software, in a message sent to a stranger will mean that judgements will be made of you.
We all make mistakes. It is inevitable. One grammatical error can be a misfortune; two or more looks like you could not care less.
". . . which either contained no errors or had been altered to include typos (e.g. "teh" instead of "the") or grammatical mix-ups, such as too/to or it's/its."
Not to put too fine a point on it but too instead of to (or vice versa) is a spelling mistake and not one of grammar.
I used to be a printer. We were trained for six years and the emphasis was on the eradication of errors, including typos (which has, perhaps had, a specific meaning in the printing world), spelling, poor use of apostrophes and others that could confuse. We were told, and I fully agree with it, that the English language can be used to describe anything in the world with precision. This was to say literally anything, and that was literally in its apparently old fashioned meaning and not it current indeterminate one.
I've been on a number of English courses and I was told that using too instead of to was tantamount to putting 2 in an equation when you meant 3. Expecting others to work through your errors shows a certain slackness.
Further, improper spelling, especially nowadays with spell checkers in free word processing software, in a message sent to a stranger will mean that judgements will be made of you.
We all make mistakes. It is inevitable. One grammatical error can be a misfortune; two or more looks like you could not care less.
citizensm1th said:
Einion Yrth said:
citizensm1th said:
It's the one whom bangs on and on about apostrophes that i find the worst.
That's "who" and "I"; HTH.
debatable
Whom is always the correct choice after a preposition
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