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Knowing your s**t or knowing you're s**t
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I believe so as “others” is plural in this case. Getting my defence in early, I am Irish!
If I had said “each other’s” I would have introduced singularity through my use of “each”, but that would also have implied an element of mutuality to the proofreading which didn’t exist!
I deliberately posted to elicit commentary!
In English please?
If you like that sort of thing, you should listen to Giles Brandreth's book "Have you eaten grandma?", not read, but listen on Audible.
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Have You Eaten Grandma?
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Have You Eaten Grandma? written and read by Gyles Brandreth. It can be much harder than it seems; commas, colons, semicolons and even apostrophes can drive us all mad at times, but it riles no one more than...
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As everyone knows, oddly as we have been told not to drop our H's, there is no H at the start of H when pronouncing it a a single letter.
Also, the "can I get a..." annoys me too.
"Can I get a flat white thanks? (should that be please?)
" No, you stay on your side of the counter and I'll get it for you."
In this time of trouble and the older generation suffering from dementia (we called it forgetfulness) , its not surprising we can and do make mistakes but the younger generation call it TEXT talking and that’s there get out Clause.
However to be corrected with out prejudice or sentiment is how we learn.....I’ve forgotten more than I learnt ( also age comes wisdom ..but being thick skinned helps ) so carry on correcting
However to be corrected with out prejudice or sentiment is how we learn.....I’ve forgotten more than I learnt ( also age comes wisdom ..but being thick skinned helps ) so carry on correcting
THEIR
If I was a more sensitive soul, I would be very offended. There's a trap that a lot of people from outside of London fall into - cockneys are from East London (actually, it gets a bit more geographically precise than that but I can't be bothered to explain!). Calling someone from south of the river a cockney is usually regarded by them insult or, at least, it is from somebody of my generation.
Mine was a few months old, but I brought it home from the dealers.
So subtle!
Two that get on my nerves are:
1. Writing "Ect" instead of "Etc"
2. People asking "Can I lend a....." when they want to borrow something.
Have a look at this book:
Eats, Shoots & Leaves. The zero approach to punctuation.
1. Writing "Ect" instead of "Etc"
2. People asking "Can I lend a....." when they want to borrow something.
Have a look at this book:
Eats, Shoots & Leaves. The zero approach to punctuation.
Or, ending statements/questions with "or....."
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