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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Tue May 19, 2009 8:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Definitely not definate |
I can't hold the inner grammar cop back any longer. Sorry.  I see this so often now, it screams in my pedantic proof-reading head. The noise is becoming unbearable. There is no "a" in definite. It might sound that way when pronounced, but it's not correct. I blame David Gray.  That's it, rant over. Carry on. Thank you. |
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| Author: | Zippy [ Tue May 19, 2009 8:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Definitely not definate |
+1 I have so many "soapbox" rants about basic spelling and grammar it's always a bad idea to get me started. |
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| Author: | Linux_User [ Tue May 19, 2009 8:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Definitely not definate |
+1 What also gets me is when people write "Here, here!" instead of "Hear, hear!" 
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| Author: | jonlumb [ Tue May 19, 2009 8:40 am ] | |||||||||
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That's rather amusing, if a little more of a niche issue. |
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| Author: | John_Vella [ Tue May 19, 2009 8:42 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Unless, of course, it's a footballer indicating where he wants the ball passing to, in which case it's fine. 
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| Author: | brataccas [ Tue May 19, 2009 8:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Definitely not definate |
I find it morsomt when foreign english type lazy and say words like "'ere" and "yh" instead of "yeah" and "init" instead of isint it, and "wot" instead of "what" etc 
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| Author: | John_Vella [ Tue May 19, 2009 8:50 am ] | |||||||||
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morsomt ... WHAT?!? isint = isn't Shouldn't English be spelt with a capital "E" ? I won't ask whether type should have an "S" at the end.
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Tue May 19, 2009 8:51 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Definitely not definate | |||||||||
Don't encourage him. He's Scottish, you know. 
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| Author: | John_Vella [ Tue May 19, 2009 9:20 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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No, he's foreign Scottish
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| Author: | Nick [ Tue May 19, 2009 9:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Definitely not definate |
Very foreign. |
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| Author: | oceanicitl [ Tue May 19, 2009 10:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Definitely not definate |
Any advances on foreign? How about alien? I won't mention there and they're and your and you're.... |
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| Author: | timark_uk [ Tue May 19, 2009 10:42 am ] | |||||||||
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(8+) Mark |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Tue May 19, 2009 11:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Definitely not definate |
Their are just too many odd spellings in English, and its normal to get a few wrong from time to time. |
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Tue May 19, 2009 12:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Definitely not definate |
How pertinent... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8055350.stm Oh, and lose/loose get me, too. |
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| Author: | forquare1 [ Tue May 19, 2009 12:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Definitely not definate |
Rather than just pointing out the mistakes, could people perhaps help to educate as to proper usage? Personally, I want to make my posts as readable as possible, I know that I don't have the best written skills and have problems getting my point across when writing, but I think I'm getting better every year. I know I could go away and 'Google' it, but if an explanation was given for why I got something wrong, I'd be more likely to take note, and I'm sure others are the same. Many thanks 
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