General Chat

Shelly :-) <3

Sharron - I use parts of this with groups. I hope you find it useful.

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_41.htm

Incorrect spelling is my gift to forum moaners.



:-D

Outside a cemetery sat a harassed cobbler and an embarrassed peddler, gnawing on a desiccated potato and gazing on the symmetry of a lady’s ankle with unparalleled ecstasy.”

Shelly, good for you xx ;-)

Shelley We used to have, a few years back, somebody on here who could hardly read at all. She was very brave and persevered for a long time and she did gradually improve her writing on here. Nobody criticised her either once we knew. :-)

This is so true.

A forum is more like a conversation where the idea is what matters.

If you have problems with reading and writing but you have wonderful ideas that need to be passed on to the world by being published then you create an opportunity for a person who has excellent grasp of the English language but a lack of good ideas.

Nobody has everything but everybody has something.

I couldn't give two hoots about grammar and spelling on chat boards, but I do agree that seeing it in papers and on websites auch as the BBC grates.

(Sharron I updated my post - for some reason the URL did not appear at first.)

Although I do have pet hates, I would never criticise or judge anyone on the GR forum based on their literacy skills.
Lets face it, when someone posts, we usually understand perfectly.

My gripe is more with commercial companies who have paid someone to get it wrong!

lol Detective........ there's an ad on tv in Oz for an insect spray "it kills them dead".

I also dislike "New and Improved" :-S If it's new, how can it be improved?

Picky Picky Picky :-D

"these ones" :-S why not just "these"?

Humble apologies to those who may have seen/scene this gobbledygook before. Please don't bite me! Here/hear goes.
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I’d hate to/too/two teach English language in foreign students classes - it cannot/can’t be an easy task for various reasons.

Some bright scholars can quickly become very bored/board especially before they have eaten/eaton their/there/they’re lunch. Too/to/two much sitting in class without outside/outsize exercise can result in them having a pale/pail complexion.

Nobody likes gaels/gales/gails blowing. And they won’t venture outside anyway if there is rain/reign promised. Inclement weather/whether is a real pain/pane/payne in the neck but it does allow the students more time in the library where there/they’re/their are loads of books to read/reed/reid.

Some teachers seize/sees/seas every chance to pair/pear/pare them off - which seems/seams a good idea. Each takes a turn to read/reed/reid a piece/peace while the listener checks/cheques his/her understanding of what he/she has heard/herd.

Occasionally, the whole/hole chapter is easy to comprehend but mention of camels/campbells results in a pause/paws to refer to a higher/hire authority for clarification.

Tall tales/tails are often amusing since a story/storey of any kind or stile/style needs/kneads to be light/lite-hearted. Young children like Wayne/Wane whine/wine if the story/storey does not include monstrous/monstrance villains & heroic heroes. Alter/altar the theme if appropriate.

Rubik’s/rubrics cube is ideal to keep the young infants occupied for hours & ours. Tea/tee, biscuits & cheap/cheep plain/plane white bread/bred pudding for the break/brake. And good luck/look to them all!

AnnC's post cheered me UP :-D :-D

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I thought that I had posted this earlier, but obviously not :-(


the phrases should of and could of stem from the contractions of should have and could have.

When written, both appear as should've and could've respectively.

Spoken, they both sound like should of and could of

Careless usage of English.

I always understand what you write Shelley :-D Take no notice of the nit pickers, a month or two back I was picked up for writing there instead of their, my goodness what a sin that was, I even got 3 pm's telling me that because of it, there was a pm going around saying what a dope I was, don't know how I got over the shame, I really don't :-D

Having had a child in my care who was badly dyslexic, but was about to speak to Parliament about children in care, before she suddenly died, I wouldn't worry about how something is written, it's what you say that counts.

If more people considered what they wrote, instead of worrying about if they have a dot or a comma in the right place the better.

how dare any member pm another over a wrong spelling :-S

Haven't read all the posts but have to say that I am not good at written English, Husband however is good and hates the use of "get" and "got" and I am at the age of 60 and hate when he corrects me.

I didn't realise I needed an 'A' level in English to post on here :-D

I left school in the 70s with a grade 5 CSE and I think that was for turning up for some of it.

I also took typing and shorthand, and it was lucky I didn't want to do that as a job, a shorthand typist who couldn't spell or use the correct grammar wouldn't have lasted very long :-D