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With the Internet I feel like our English has gone down the toilet! People write then don't re-read themselves! and they write rubbish as a result!My pet hates are:"loose" when they mean "lose""He must of done it" instead of "must have" (idem "would of")its/it's confusion (come on! just get it right!)their/there/they're confusion (ggrrrrrr)I think that most of the time it's just laziness, people don't want to think about learning rules anymore.
They called it haitch where I grew up in the North of Scotland... where they still stare at fires and don't trust wheels.
I don't think cleverness has to be a prerequisite to pedantry. I argue whenever possible, and am pretty thick.
Quote from: OllieC on July 01, 2008, 08:40:18I don't think cleverness has to be a prerequisite to pedantry. I argue whenever possible, and am pretty thick.I would like to point out that the correct usage is "prerequisite of" or "prerequisite for", not "prerequisite to".
hWhat's a Gentleman's Prerequisite btw? I've often wondered, and have I got one? Or am I not a Gentleman?
the truth may be that with computers and email we're all writing a lot more, and what sounds OK in speech doesn't look right written down. On the other hand, here's something that will make your blood boil ............-he'd have got more marks if he'd put an exclamation mark at the end! Priceless
Quote from: Paul Long on July 01, 2008, 16:01:31Quote from: OllieC on July 01, 2008, 08:40:18I don't think cleverness has to be a prerequisite to pedantry. I argue whenever possible, and am pretty thick.I would like to point out that the correct usage is "prerequisite of" or "prerequisite for", not "prerequisite to". Ollie should get 90 points minimum for spelling prerequisite correctly and another 10 for expressing his viewpoint with humility, a rarity on forums.