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Annie :-D :-D

right Errol, I don't have none



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Shelly its worth a try :-D :-D :-D

I'm sure you will enjoy this. I never knew one word in the English language that can be a noun, verb, adj, adv, prep.


UP

Read until the end ..... you'll laugh.

This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is 'UP.' It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].


It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?


At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.



At other times, this little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.


To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.


And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UPbecause it is stopped UP.

We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!


To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, lookUP the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.



If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.



When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out, we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it soaks UP the earth. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now . . . my time is UP!


Oh . . . one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at night?


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Some people just lack the basics, its no big deal.........its a forum site,,,,,,,,100% qualifications in English grammer aren't required.

My pet hate is an advert for a pain killer

Two times stronger....rather than twice as strong.

Regions have different speech patterns. With little formal education in grammar it's not surprising that they have crept into written language. In our area 'off of' is quite common.

Nobody is claiming that English grammar qualifications are a prerequisite but there are those who bemoan the appalling deterioration in the ability to at least attempt to speak correctly. Just because people choose to use incorrect English does not make it correct.

I don't mind on forums, often we are writing in a hurry and don't stop to consider grammar. I do dislike seeing glaring grammatical errors in Newspapers, such as would of, could of, bored of etc. But my pet dislike (in the media and even in books) is the misuse of the words less and few/fewer. Lol even my OH stops to think now before usinf either. :-D

and "absolutely" instead of "yes" Grrrrrrrrrrrrr :-S

YES Ann :-D :-D

Whatever happened to 'Pidgin English'?

No idea Dermot,, shall we put an APB on it :-D :-D ;-)

Whatever happened to Miles Kington?

My pet hate in written grammar is... random apostrophes!

Even big name shops have signs reading DVD's and CD's, but most recently i saw one in a clothes shop reading Poncho's ???

These words make my toes curl
You:
Youse

Definitley:
Defin..Ately or Defin...Etely.
They are usually mispronounced with conviction, especially in Scotland. Arrggh

The use of the word "absolutely" is not gramatically incorrect though, is it?

Shelly, I wouldn't want you to change at all. You are a very kind person who has taken time to photograph and list on here hundreds of gravestones. You have done this just to help others.

I love your posts and your projects, what are you working on now?

Wendy xx

Totally agree with you TS, Shelly really made me laugh last night , love it :-D :-D :-D

aha - the greengrocer's apostrophe. A particularly annoying phenomenon.

Most of us are lucky to be old enough to have been taught proper grammar but I have forgotten some of the detail like parts of speech and appropriate use of the apostrophe, probably through lack of correct use.

I would like to be able to do a bit of (carry out a little?) revision of the subject.

Is there a site that I could look at for this purpose?

Had to be careful to write that properly!

but i do wounder how many more people dont post
because thay lake in spelling and gramer

not every one is like me that dont care
im not one to let these thing bother me and i do feel for some that would like to join in but feel to inbarest to

so if any one is reading this thread and like me dont be ashamed just
join in and post be happy






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