jamington2004
pfm Member
“Don't exercise pedantry so much nowadays unless there's a humorous element.”
Is that an order?
Is that an order?
Sure, the old pot-boilers keep coming up like loose and lose and their, they're and there, but the predominant error is in the form of the greengrocer's apostrophe...
“draw” instead of “drawer” belongs on that list.
Even on the hallowed BBC...
Point taken ! Don't exercise pedantry so much nowadays unless there's a humorous element. Actually, many errors on pfm are either typos or lacking a proof-reading check. I think there's a correlation between the prevailing age range and generally well written posts but I'm guessing here.. Sure, the old pot-boilers keep coming up like loose and lose and their, they're and there, but the predominant error is in the form of the greengrocer's apostrophe; Heaven only knows why. In my opinion, of course, f.w.i.w.
...And what’s an ‘intergrated amp’?
Raven.Affect vs effect.
'Your and you're' I find particularly annoying.
I find it's getting worse, in all aspects of life.
Including speech?
Yes.
I’m aware language ( and the way it’s spoken ) evolves and changes.
My problem is that if you’ve been taught to speak and write correctly ( with the proper punctuation )
things people say and write can annoy intensely.
As has been said above, we don’t know if a poster is dyslexic.
I thought it was Laura Norder, and always want to know what Ms Norder has to opine on the matter in question but am seldom if ever enlightened by the report.Yes, they’re always talking about “Lawrin Orda”.