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Post by rockdodger on Apr 21, 2018 15:39:48 GMT
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Post by Mr Stabby on Apr 21, 2018 16:06:27 GMT
Why doesn't it correct "Communicate Better & More Accurately From Your Phone or Computer" on its own forum so that only the opening word in the sentence starts with an uppercase letter then?
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Post by JohnV on Apr 21, 2018 18:07:07 GMT
Why doesn't it correct "Communicate Better & More Accurately From Your Phone or Computer" on its own forum so that only the opening word in the sentence starts with an uppercase letter then? Cos it's bleeding American ........ something else to tell me that I need to spell anything ending in "ise" as "ize" , to take the "u" out of colour, the "i" out of aluminium and wants me to spell aeroplane as airplane and armoured as armored I hate creeping american spellings !!! |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Apr 21, 2018 18:12:03 GMT
Why doesn't it correct "Communicate Better & More Accurately From Your Phone or Computer" on its own forum so that only the opening word in the sentence starts with an uppercase letter then? Cos it's bleeding American ........ something else to tell me that I need to spell anything ending in "ise" as "ize" , to take the "u" out of colour, the "i" out of aluminium and wants me to spell aeroplane as airplane and armoured as armored I hate creeping american spellings !!! I've gotten fed up with their mangling of the present perfect tense too.  |
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Post by JohnV on Apr 21, 2018 18:17:59 GMT
another pet hate ...... two times ...... for god's sake, what the hell happened to twice !!!
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Post by Trina on Apr 21, 2018 19:01:39 GMT
Reading the title,this was not what I was expecting...
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Post by Mr Stabby on Apr 21, 2018 19:10:24 GMT
Reading the title,this was not what I was expecting... Me neither, I was hoping for a page where we could vent our hatred at these genetically mutated Duracells who walk in our midst. |
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Post by patty on Apr 21, 2018 19:12:10 GMT
Reading the title,this was not what I was expecting... nor me...tbh I use ize instead of ise from time to time and it don't bother me.... I don't omit the u from words though English is changing ..more and more as we rely on spell chuck cos the yanks version seems to be the preferred one. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2018 19:28:35 GMT
I was under the impression that in English it should be 'ize', although 'ise' is now also acceptable. I thought you'd realize Rog |
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Post by Trina on Apr 21, 2018 19:32:48 GMT
Reading the title,this was not what I was expecting... Me neither, I was hoping for a page where we could vent our hatred at these genetically mutated Duracells who walk in our midst. Thought it was a new page about Mark... |
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Post by JohnV on Apr 21, 2018 20:09:23 GMT
I was under the impression that in English it should be 'ize', although 'ise' is now also acceptable. I thought you'd realize Rog I realise that it's been organised so as to finalise the demise of proper English. I however think it pants ..... in the purely British sense ...... Why do they call their trousers "pants" and what the hell do they call their pants ? |
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Post by naughtyfox on Apr 21, 2018 20:54:44 GMT
English is a live language and therefore subject to change, there are no rules of grammar carved into stone. Let it develop, say I. When we hear 'BBC English' from the 1960s (and before) don't we cringe? Do we want to stay locked in the version of what we believe to be 'correct English'?
Choose your style, mix and match, you can't be wrong in English. If anyone criticises you, just say that's how people speak where you come from.
Shakespeare was a transvestite. I should say so, Sailor! signed, Anne Hathaway (Mr)
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Post by thebfg on Apr 21, 2018 20:55:45 GMT
Don't they wear jock straps over there?
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Post by Gone on Apr 22, 2018 7:41:24 GMT
I was under the impression that in English it should be 'ize', although 'ise' is now also acceptable. I thought you'd realize Rog When I was a kid (a long time ago) we were taught that ise and ize were Oxford and Cambridge spellings. |
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Post by quaysider on Apr 22, 2018 7:48:58 GMT
Me neither, I was hoping for a page where we could vent our hatred at these genetically mutated Duracells who walk in our midst. Thought it was a new page about Mark... I'm disappointed too that's it's not about me... I mean, there's so many positive things to discuss - modesty being one of my few faults ... that is if I have any at all. |
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