Blessed are the spellcheckers, for they shall be grammatical.
They may be useful on the forum, but on MS Word the whole 'ignore once' business with the stupid green lines drives me mad!
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They may be useful on the forum, but on MS Word the whole 'ignore once' business with the stupid green lines drives me mad!
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This is my personally bugbear when it comes to grammar. Now I will admit my personal grammar usage is perhaps 'functional' at best, but there, their and they're when they're misused really get on my nerves (how many times can I get a form of there in a sentence
).On the whole the grammar on this forum is pretty good, indeed it's really quite jarring when we do get the odd post by someone that doesn't even attempt to spell check/use normal grammar. Plenty of other sites on the web don't have the level that this site manages and it's definitely something to be proud of.
SouthEastern-465
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...their point completely....NOT there point completely.
Blessed are the spellcheckers, for they shall be grammatical.
Tut tut small error.
Not thats its an excuse but, when your busy (like I am at the moment) I spell the first thing that comes into my head!
Shot my self in the foot *their* *there* *they're*....!
SS4
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Tut tut small error.
Not thats its an excuse but, when your busy (like I am at the moment) I spell the first thing that comes into my head!
Shot my self in the foot *their*!
You're
(and there shouldn't be a comma after but). Punctuation tends to break up a sentence making it sound slower. If you want to imply speed then use a lot of short sentences separated by full stops.One of the main problems I have with grammar is how to end a sentence with brackets in (this one for example).
SouthEastern-465
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SS4
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I have to admit it is fun speaking like officer Crabtree in Allo Allo.
"Good moaning, I am afrood I have bad nose. The RAF bummers hit the pimping station"
(Good morning, I am afraid I have bad news. The RAF bombers hit the pumping station)
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
So the full stop goes inside the bracket?
"Good moaning, I am afrood I have bad nose. The RAF bummers hit the pimping station"
(Good morning, I am afraid I have bad news. The RAF bombers hit the pumping station)
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
So the full stop goes inside the bracket?
sprinterguy
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I always thought that the full stop came after the bracket, as the bracketed portion of the sentence is still a sub clause of it.
SS4
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That was my original opinion although in retrospect I think HST Power was posting in jest
Yes (It does).
Xenophon PCDGS
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You have another one here!!
When your busy would refer to a "busy" that you possess.
When you're busy....the word "you're" is an abbreviated form of "you are".
Just be careful when making your apologies....always use the CORRECT words then. Then any "old fogey" with nothing better to do will not annoy you.
MidnightFlyer
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Full stops always appear after the close bracket in standard sentences. However, sometimes whole setnences need to be bracketed - this is when the full stop falls inside the brackets.
Xenophon PCDGS
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With grammar in mind, who can ever forget the words in the play that were written by Ernie Wise for Glenda Jackson.....
To have beauty, like what I have got!
To have beauty, like what I have got!
Peter Mugridge
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The brilliant thing about that character was that how he spoke was not how an Englishman says French badly, but how a Frenchman says English badly, and I have experienced this very thing first hand!
A number of years ago I would stay in a small hotel in Paris and the then owner - who retired and sold up about 15 years ago - was a very nice man, but one had to be very disciplined not to laugh when, every morning at breakfast, without fail, he would greet me with "Good moaning!"
:roll:I am sure I am not going to be the only one on here that this has happened to?
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Also sometimes people post using their phone, I do sometimes and can't spell check that way and even using my Android I sometimes hit the wrong letter.
My spelling is terrible in any case so I usually cut and paste into MS Word and back again.
My spelling is terrible in any case so I usually cut and paste into MS Word and back again.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Well pleased?
We got told off for saying that at Junior school!
Most probably because you were rather too young to have Divine Sons at that age....or I hope that you were.
Most probably because you were rather too young to have Divine Sons at that age....or I hope that you were.
I meant using the phrase 'well pleased.' For example, 'I was well pleased that Arsenal won the match.'
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Goodness, I've no idea why anyone would say that!
Arsenal couldn't win toffee if their lives depended on it!
A classic!
Xenophon PCDGS
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But then you would be referring to the Arsenal team who play against Newells Old Boys in a certain South American country, because one of those Arsenal players has the Christian name Jesus....Jesus Galliada (full back).
Did you notice that the FULL STOP was put OUTSIDE the bracket of the word in the last sentence
But then you would be referring to the Arsenal team who play against Newells Old Boys in a certain South American country, because one of those Arsenal players has the Christian name Jesus....Jesus Galliada (full back).
Did you notice that the FULL STOP was put OUTSIDE the bracket of the word in the last sentence
That depends on whether the text inside the brackets is a comment (something like this), or a full sentence. (This is a full sentence.)
Xenophon PCDGS
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You will find the words inside my brackets were a definative clarification, as they referred to the position occupied by the named player within the organisational structure of the football team.
As such, they are to be regarded as a sub-clause of the original sentence.
I am not bothered about spelling mistakes on railforums too much. As I am not exactly the best typist in the world! But, If I am looking at buying something off Ebay and the listing contains loads of spelling mistakes and dreadful grammar it completely puts me off and I wouldn't buy from them! Always makes me think the item is dodgy!
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