Grammar Discussions

[Julesmac]

I have just been reading the latest Flyer Talk and spotted this ripper in an atricle about the world's worst plane seats:-

"Ultimately most passengers won't find a Goldie Locks-type fit..........."

indeed they won't.

 

[Mattg]

"Your phone should already be in flight mode. If it isn't, please do so now."

This line gets me every time!

 

[Danger]

Qantas J lounge in MEL:

 

[get me outta here]

ESL?

Qantas J lounge in MEL:

 

[Ekka]

Re: The totally off-topic thread




Lose/loose & loser/looser is one of my pet peeves when it comes to grammar.

More syntax than grammar.

 

[Ekka]

Re: The totally off-topic thread


I was trying to think of the other one that annoyed me. And you have nailed it. Thanks.

How can people be so ignorant (in its real sense?
They must know nothing about English to make these howlers.

 

[Ekka]

Re: The totally off-topic thread



I thought we weren't supposed to start sentences with "And"?

Correct.

 

[JessicaTam]

More syntax than grammar.

Not sure why you are replying to a post over 5 years old, but anyhoo!

Grammar has many components, syntax being one of them.

 

[Ekka]

Re: The totally off-topic thread


Stationary is an adjective so it is spelt with an "a".

Even Coles and Woolworths get this right.

The totally off-topic thread

What were you try

Re: The totally off-topic thread



I think you have swallowed a Style Manual , but not many people know what they are, or how to use one.

It is not a style manual, but correct grammar

 

[Ekka]

Not sure why you are replying to a post over 5 years old, but anyhoo!

Grammar has many components, syntax being one of them.

Why on earth are you complaining, Madam?

 

[Ekka]

Re: The totally off-topic thread



I think the easy way is to forget 'should of' and just use 'should have', in its place. (Note no apostrophe in 'its').

(Edit) Sorry for reiterating, that which has already been iterated, but I didn't read to the end of the thread before my original iteration.

Well said.

 

[Julesmac]

Well said.

It sounds as though we all had grammar drummed into us! Spelling too was very important. I recall one of my teachers had a list she called ' demon words' with all kinds of little rhymes and sayings to help remember. You use stationAry when a cAr is stopped, and stationEry to describe papEr. I'm so tempted to walk around with a couple of Textas to make running corrections. You can also find some pretty amusing mistakes on menus.

 

[Deleted member]

What is it with people not understanding the abbreviation of etcétéra? It isn’t. Ect it’s etc. Sheesh how easy does it need to be?

 

[Tropic]

Well, I attribute my finely honed linguistic, oral and and written communication skills to the grace of God and the rigors of a catholic education... those nuns were guns at teaching the basics and leaving no child behind.... they just dont make educators like that anymore...sadly

 

[Julesmac]

Well, I attribute my finely honed linguistic, oral and and written communication skills to the grace of God and the rigors of a catholic education... those nuns were guns at teaching the basics and leaving no child behind.... they just dont make educators like that anymore...sadly

Never underestimate the power of a steel ruler in the hands of Sister Margaret Mary to inculcate the rules of grammar!

 

[Citoyen]

What is it with people not understanding the abbreviation of etcétéra? It isn’t. Ect it’s etc. Sheesh how easy does it need to be?

... or just &c

 

[JohnM]

Never underestimate the power of a steel ruler in the hands of Sister Margaret Mary to inculcate the rules of grammar!

Anything - just as long as it's not the wood-in-hand of Father Brutus... ☹

 

[Deleted member]

I know I have said it before , but it needs saying again, please, please, please, please, please STOP using "Yourself / Myself" at every opportunity, it is more often than not used incorrectly.

 

[TheRealTMA]

I know I have said it before , but it needs saying again, please, please, please, please, please STOP using "Yourself / Myself" at every opportunity, it is more often than not used incorrectly.

all about selfs, except self-evacuate.

A Word in Your Ear: talking selfies

Self as a reference by a subject to the same subject. Professor Roly Sussex explains.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Katie]

I know I have said it before , but it needs saying again, please, please, please, please, please STOP using "Yourself / Myself" at every opportunity, it is more often than not used incorrectly.

I thought this yesterday as I was booking my car in for a service. The person I was arranging it with kept using "yourself" unnecessarily/incorrectly. SMH.