Yah, i fully, agree with, that, i reckon it would make, cleaner reading.Winmar wrote:It's only a footy forum, but surely people can at least get the basics of the English language right? I find such basic mistakes really distracting when I'm reading.
"of" is not "have"
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Meh.clarky449 wrote:Yah, i fully, agree with, that, i reckon it would make, cleaner reading.Winmar wrote:It's only a footy forum, but surely people can at least get the basics of the English language right? I find such basic mistakes really distracting when I'm reading.
I just look at it for the pictures anyway
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Just appreciate the fact that you have had access to a good education - which not everyone does, this isn't the place for critiquing grammar afterall some of the very best footballers could hardly spell their own name… every knob has the right to rant on a footy forum whether they can spell or not.
Go spruik your amazing grasp of the english language on some grammar forum…
Go spruik your amazing grasp of the english language on some grammar forum…
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Or perhaps a Polo or Croquette forumdragit wrote:Just appreciate the fact that you have had access to a good education - which not everyone does, this isn't the place for critiquing grammar afterall some of the very best footballers could hardly spell their own name… every knob has the right to rant on a footy forum whether they can spell or not.
Go spruik your amazing grasp of the english language on some grammar forum…
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Just about every person in this country has access to good education.dragit wrote:Just appreciate the fact that you have had access to a good education - which not everyone does, this isn't the place for critiquing grammar afterall some of the very best footballers could hardly spell their own name… every knob has the right to rant on a footy forum whether they can spell or not.
Go spruik your amazing grasp of the english language on some grammar forum…
When posting on this forum people are asking us to read their views.
Do some think everybody else owes them the extra effort of deciphering their gobbledygook just because they can't be arsed making it legible?
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dragit wrote:Just appreciate the fact that you have had access to a good education - which not everyone does, this isn't the place for critiquing grammar afterall some of the very best footballers could hardly spell their own name… every knob has the right to rant on a footy forum whether they can spell or not.
Go spruik your amazing grasp of the english language on some grammar forum…
Yep I agree, if it is to much for them maybe they should find an English language forum.
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And that's not a Dean Polo forum BTWDr Spaceman wrote:Or perhaps a Polo or Croquette forumdragit wrote:Just appreciate the fact that you have had access to a good education - which not everyone does, this isn't the place for critiquing grammar afterall some of the very best footballers could hardly spell their own name… every knob has the right to rant on a footy forum whether they can spell or not.
Go spruik your amazing grasp of the english language on some grammar forum…
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No, people should not have to decipher gobbledygook.Saints43 wrote:Just about every person in this country has access to good education.dragit wrote:Just appreciate the fact that you have had access to a good education - which not everyone does, this isn't the place for critiquing grammar afterall some of the very best footballers could hardly spell their own name… every knob has the right to rant on a footy forum whether they can spell or not.
Go spruik your amazing grasp of the english language on some grammar forum…
When posting on this forum people are asking us to read their views.Â
Do some think everybody else owes them the extra effort of deciphering their gobbledygook just because they can't be arsed making it legible?
But please tell me, how does the use of "of" instead of "have", in an otherwise well constructed post, amount to gobbledygook?
That's what this all started out asÂ
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Dr Spaceman wrote:And that's not a Dean Polo forum BTWDr Spaceman wrote:Or perhaps a Polo or Croquette forumdragit wrote:Just appreciate the fact that you have had access to a good education - which not everyone does, this isn't the place for critiquing grammar afterall some of the very best footballers could hardly spell their own name… every knob has the right to rant on a footy forum whether they can spell or not.
Go spruik your amazing grasp of the english language on some grammar forum…
Is BTW in the dictionary, if not some ppl might find it to hard to undrstand
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Unbeliveably - and apparently infuriatingly for you - the conversation has veered off to include a wider discussion of posting. So my post and the post I was replying to have nothing to do with the first post on Page1.Dr Spaceman wrote:But please tell me, how does the use of "of" instead of "have", in an otherwise well constructed post, amount to gobbledygook?
That's what this all started out asÂ
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Nah, I'm cool.Saints43 wrote:Unbeliveably - and apparently infuriatingly for you - the conversation has veered of to include a wider discussion of posting. So my post and the post I was replying to have nothing to do with the first post on Page1.Dr Spaceman wrote:But please tell me, how does the use of "of" instead of "have", in an otherwise well constructed post, amount to gobbledygook?
That's what this all started out asÂ
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English is such a beautiful language. It's the world's default language. Why butcher it? Treating it carelessly is a bit like drawing a moustache on the Mona Lisa. I know the inevitable tide of abbreviations and acronyms will destroy it eventually, but why not make the effort to preserve it for as long as we can. While we're harping on about spelling, it's definitely, not definately. Just had to slip that in.
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Thinline wrote:As my old man says: 'Grammar is for people with a sense of purpose. As for the others...well, the world always needs people to empty sanitary bins and fry chips.'
absolute rubbish
i do not fry chips and we have cleaners at work already
theres already a spelling nazi about, one that cant spell
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A croquette is a small, lightly crumbed and fried savory dumpling. I've got no idea what you mean! You are making absolutely no sense at all!!Dr Spaceman wrote:Or perhaps a Polo or Croquette forumdragit wrote:Just appreciate the fact that you have had access to a good education - which not everyone does, this isn't the place for critiquing grammar afterall some of the very best footballers could hardly spell their own name… every knob has the right to rant on a footy forum whether they can spell or not.
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Glad you cleared that up, Avid. Your point is well made and it's easy to make the correct presumption when the evidence and answers are obvious. Where good grammar, syntax and spelling come into it, is when you are trying to convey a somewhat complex message, or where the meaning of words may be easily confused. Most conflict arises from a lack of clear communication, or people's inability to express themselves properly. Correct use of the language leads to clear and unambiguous communication. It also minimises the need for assumption. As that great philosopher, Benny Hill, famously remarked, "Never assume, because when you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME!" I'm afraid I must go now. I have to get back to my game of croquet.
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Well someone using 'should of' instead of 'should've' seems likely an easy mistake to me, I think I can work out what they mean, If you can't glean the meaning from that gobbledygook then internet forums are not for you…
Half the time I am writting on here from a phone, where deciding bewteen a colon or a semi-colon is not my biggest concern.
Forums are half-way between text messages and emails - for quick banter, different from your letters to the Queen, asking her to even up the draw.
Half the time I am writting on here from a phone, where deciding bewteen a colon or a semi-colon is not my biggest concern.
Forums are half-way between text messages and emails - for quick banter, different from your letters to the Queen, asking her to even up the draw.
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What do YOU mean?avid wrote:A croquette is a small, lightly crumbed and fried savory dumpling. I've got no idea what you mean! You are making absolutely no sense at all!!Dr Spaceman wrote:Or perhaps a Polo or Croquette forumdragit wrote:Just appreciate the fact that you have had access to a good education - which not everyone does, this isn't the place for critiquing grammar afterall some of the very best footballers could hardly spell their own name… every knob has the right to rant on a footy forum whether they can spell or not.
Go spruik your amazing grasp of the english language on some grammar forum…
Why can't there be a forum for lovers of small, lightly crumbed and fried savory dumplings?
YOU are making absolutely no sense at all!!
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matrix wrote:Thinline wrote:As my old man says: 'Grammar is for people with a sense of purpose. As for the others...well, the world always needs people to empty sanitary bins and fry chips.'
absolute rubbish
i do not fry chips and we have cleaners at work already
theres already a spelling nazi about, one that cant spell
there's.............can't....... ffs.......
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Looked ffs in the Oxford dictionary. Couldn't find that either. ffs. Looked up loser and liar and saw a picture of an old cleaner with some sort of silly wig on. Interesting.stinger wrote:matrix wrote:Thinline wrote:As my old man says: 'Grammar is for people with a sense of purpose. As for the others...well, the world always needs people to empty sanitary bins and fry chips.'
absolute rubbish
i do not fry chips and we have cleaners at work already
theres already a spelling nazi about, one that cant spell
there's.............can't....... ffs..........