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BrendafromWales | Report | 15 May 2016 16:29 |
Rollo, |
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Dermot | Report | 15 May 2016 11:57 |
In ‘The Story of Civilisation’ (by Will Durant 1885-1981), there is an interesting discussion on the origin of ‘words’ for, as the author intimated, ‘with words, man became man’. |
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BrianW | Report | 15 May 2016 11:39 |
To which the rejoinder is "I wasn't enquiring about your health"! |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 15 May 2016 11:31 |
or another answer is "you're alright thanks" :-S |
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BrianW | Report | 15 May 2016 11:29 |
I get annoyed when I ask someone if they would like e.g. a drink. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 15 May 2016 10:52 |
Well there you go then - no uni. could have been asking for A level anything in the 1940s. |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 14 May 2016 21:41 |
Rollo I took my O levels in 1951 the first year and still have my certificates to prove it. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 14 May 2016 19:53 |
There was no such thing as an "A" level or "O" level before 1951! |
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Dermot | Report | 14 May 2016 19:49 |
bob - careful! |
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Denburybob | Report | 14 May 2016 19:10 |
How about...the only person to volunteer? Unique is another of my pet hates when it is used with "quite" "fairly" etc. It is either unique, or it ain't. I also dislike the use of "for free". Either "free", or "for nothing". But them I am rather old. |
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Sharron | Report | 13 May 2016 19:35 |
I don't really know how to put this without upsetting somebody but I have just read a piece of grammar that is used almost universally now but which still jars with me. |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 13 May 2016 19:23 |
I am sorry Rollo ...in my school in the 1940s it was a requirement....We were graded into classes In the 2nd year of High School.You went into Latin if you were university material.Then German and then Spanish then Commercial. |
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Island | Report | 13 May 2016 18:36 |
"It def. " |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 13 May 2016 17:09 |
"It was very important in my day...and to get into university you had to have an A level in Latin.."" |
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Andysmum | Report | 13 May 2016 16:45 |
Standards began to drop in the late 60's, when the idea that content was more important than spelling etc. was copied from America at about the time that the Americans decided it wasn't such a good idea after all!! |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 13 May 2016 15:33 |
I agree with you Andysmum.... A lot depends as well on their home life. |
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Andysmum | Report | 13 May 2016 15:08 |
I think it depends on the school, Brenda. Both my granddaughters had spelling tests and dictation once a week from the age of 5. I remember one of them learning to, too and two one week and putting them in simple sentences to show that they knew the meanings. |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 13 May 2016 14:38 |
Do they still have dictation in school? |
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Dermot | Report | 13 May 2016 14:31 |
"Words are the dress of thoughts, which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt, than your person should". (Earl of Chesterfield). |
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Rambling | Report | 13 May 2016 13:37 |
:-D |
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