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mjmorris335
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The biggest one for me is 'of' instead of 'have'. Drives me f*cking BANZAI.

'Should of', 'could of', 'would of' should be 'should have', 'could have', 'would have' (can be contracted to should've, could've, would've), etc.

If I ruled the world I'm not sure I would'nt make it a capital offence.

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I'm loving this grammar section.

Do you want to say "they are"?.................."they're"
Do you want to say "belonging to them"?......"their"
Everything else is..................................."there"

Do you want to say "you are"?...................."you're"
Everything else is ..................................."your"

Do you want to say "it is"?........................."it's"
Do you want to say "it has"?......................."it's"
Do you want to say "belonging to it"?............"its"


Apostrophes replace the first letter of the second word. That's their job. Well, errmm........usually. But that's grammar for you.

Anyway, the fact that someone hasn't been taught or doesn't know these sometimes complicated rules in no way disqualifies them from expressing an opinion. However, the lesson (as I see it) of this thread isn't about grammar or spelling; it's that whereas when I was young the only way to express your opinion publicly was to speak to people directly, write to newspapers or to stand on a box in the street and start shouting like an idiot - in this horrible 21st century we live in a digital age, and people now realise that they can use these digits to give themselves a perceived identity, meaning and influence while swivelling from side to side, forum to forum, in their ergonomically unsound chairs bought off gumtree, all the while chomping on Pringles and swigging litres of Whatever They Fancy, shouting........ like an idiot standing on a box in the street. In other words, you can now be a public idiot without actually being public.

And that's probably the nub of the matter. There's a sense in which I'm really glad that by the time this sort of thing reaches its zenith, probably in another generation or two, that I'll be long gone. All the best to those who'll follow after us.

These times absolutely will change, but it will take a lot longer than any of us have got left to appreciate the benefits. It will all be replaced by something else. And, if I understand human nature, it will probably be something even worse.
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ShaunWhite
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If you can say it in two words, put a ' in.

There is the opposite of here. Well it is if you say it with a broad Lincolnshire accent anyway. As in "That orse owa thea needs sum watta".

And their replaces his or hers. Probably comes via 'thy' or 'thine' , anyway both of those have the 'i' sound and their has an 'i' in it.

His is a bit of a quirk actually because if it becomes its and her becomes hers, then he should have become hes rather than 'his'.

....class dismissed. Next week "The Grocer's Apostrophe"
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Derek27
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We're in danger of getting chucked onto the rant corner by the moderators. I just wish I got I/me right in my earlier post and then this discussion would never have started. :lol:
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ShaunWhite
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Derek27 wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 4:27 am
We're in danger of getting chucked onto the rant corner by the moderators. I just wish I got I/me right in my earlier post and then this discussion would never have started. :lol:
Shoulda woulda coulda Derek. (sorry mj) :lol:
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LeTiss
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Do you suffer from insomnia Shaun?

I thought you lived in Lincolnshire, not Australia - the times of the day you post messages are extraordinary!
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Kai
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Oh God, what have I done :mrgreen:

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ruthlessimon
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There completely daft messages should of be deleted along time ago :D
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ShaunWhite
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LeTiss wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 8:57 am
Do you suffer from insomnia Shaun?
Unfortunately yes, was the bane of my life when I used to do the 9 til 5. Another reason I've been ducking and diving and doing my own thing for the last dozen years. Early starts were killing me.
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Cards37
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Kai wrote:
Wed Mar 21, 2018 9:51 am
Oh God, what have I done :mrgreen:

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hahaha l laughed out loud

Well played :)
Mark-H
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My pet peeve is then/than.

Reading a sentence like "I would rather eat toast then cereal for breakfast" means YOU EAT BOTH! Preferably toast before the cereal, but nevertheless you eat both.

Like loose/lose it seems to be a mainly American thing, possibly down to accent or as said earlier that damned predictive text.
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I hate people using "should of" for "should have" - and all the other derivations. Should of/could of/would of etc etc is not english....Drives me bananas
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Just going through this weekends comments and replying, plenty there this weekend but here is my selection for this week: -
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We have six paying customers with the surname Riley on our books. Three of these are long-term customers but none with the first name Peter.
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Dallas
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Might be worth starting a thread just for 'Comment of the Week' :)
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Derek27
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Not sure what he meant by "max weight calls", but if he bothered reading the manual he would have read, However, just as an expensive set of golf clubs does not improve your golf swing on their own, using specialist software does not guarantee you profitability.
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