The Dogmother Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Ooh! I need six of those for my family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 We're always whinging about bad grammar too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 shouldn't that have a capital "B"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 My daughters apparently regularly add or remove apostrophes from school notices! Even my 10 year old loudly proclaims poor punctuation and spellings. Teachers check their spellings with all 4 of my children. My current hot topics are using plural verbs for singular nouns (e.g. the committee ARE looking into . . . ) and describing the number 0 as an 'O' That REALLY winds me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 All I can see on Claret's post is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Put me down for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebird Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 describing the number 0 as an 'O' That REALLY winds me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebird Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Ooops, didn't mean to submit the previous reply. describing the number 0 as an 'O' That REALLY winds me up. "double zero 7" doesn't quite have the same ring to it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 That's true! But why do all our phone NUMBERS start with a letter O? (Mine doesn't!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 *Slowly puts hand up* my grammar is appalling Sorry guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Shouldn't the title of this post be: "T shirt for Lesley and I"? Not "T shirt for Lesley and me" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 Nope, the rule is that if you take the other person out of the sentence, it still has to make sense. So it would be 'T shirt for me', because 'T shirt for I' wouldn't work. *Slowly puts hand up* my grammar is appalling Sorry guys Mine's not brilliant either Paola, but glaring errors do get on my wick. My worst problem is mis-typing when I'm tired - my fingers get in all the wrong places Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I have to agree with Claret on that point. Nice try Fred! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Nope, the rule is that if you take the other person out of the sentence, it still has to make sense. I know I was just checking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I'm with e e cummings when it comes to grammar (Lesley, he prefers his name to be written in lower case by the way ) since feeling is first by e e cummings since feeling is first who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you; wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world my blood approves, and kisses are a far better fate than wisdom lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry --the best gesture of my brain is less than your eyelids' flutter which says we are for eachother: then laugh, leaning back in my arms for life's not a paragraph And death i think is no parenthesis fascinating essay on cummings here if anyone wants to read more about one of my all time favourite poets http://www.english.uga.edu/freshcomp/English_1102_Barnett2002.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I'm with e e cummings when it comes to grammar (Lesley, he prefers his name to be written in lower case by the way ) Oh! - you mean I can't put the capitals in? Nice T shirt Clare - just as well they haven't got one for apostrophes though - my weak point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I'm with e e cummings when it comes to grammar (Lesley, he prefers his name to be written in lower case by the way ) Oh! - you mean I can't put the capitals in? Nice T shirt Clare - just as well they haven't got one for apostrophes though - my weak point Phi'l Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 It's a shame they are American and can't spell.... but and... P'hil; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I like the dark blue one - but I couldn't wear it because of all the wrong stuff underneath. Such a shame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I grew up saying 'o' for '0' or a nought. I would always write is as an '0' though. I didn't even hear of zero 'til I was at least ten and then it was an American thing. My grammar isn't great either but its a lot better than some peoples. btw if I leave out ' like above it may be because I'm typing one handed (small child) so cutting corners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I think I grew up saying 'o' for nought too. I can remember being annoyed in maths lessons when people kept referring to 'number c' as the third exercise. It has only fairly recently occurred to me how stupid it is to refer to a nought as a letter O. Nought is a much more English feeling word than zero, but I'm not sure how acceptable it is as a digit. Getting rather technical, I think perhaps nought is a number i.e. I have nothing or nought whereas zero I would use as a digit but not as a sum total. ( I wouldn't say 12 take away 6 times 2 equals zero. I would say equals nought) Sorry Am I boring everyone? I think this is quite an interesting topic to discuss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I'm not sure I would ever quote my phone area code as: nought one seven nought eight or zero one seven zero eight, both sound stupid to me! So I will always say "OH one seven OH eight" I guess. Having done lots of maths (maths degree many years ago) I would never use "OH" mathematically. I guess it's down to convention - the changes in which keep language as a living and evolving thing. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Well I always say 'zero one seven zero eight'. To me that is accurate and to say 'oh' instead seems nonsensical. But each to his own, I'm not campaigning, just being me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutrix Farmers Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 One of my favourite books is "Eats Shoots and Leaves" by Lynn Truss. Anyone fanatical about grammar and punctuation simply MUST read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
