Grammar Discussions

[VPS]

Pub quiz. The writing was beautiful. Shame they couldn’t spell Rwanda.

 

[RB001]

Pub quiz. The writing was beautiful. Shame they couldn’t spell Rwanda.View attachment 481349

11 and 12 might need reviewing also...

 

[Beano]

Pub quiz. The writing was beautiful. Shame they couldn’t spell Rwanda.View attachment 481349

Not quite the only one!

 

[Brissy1]

Pub quiz. The writing was beautiful. Shame they couldn’t spell Rwanda.View attachment 481349

As I've found to my embarrassment, posting in a thread of pendants is fraught!

 

[AuSammy]

pendants

Oh dear!!!!

 

[Brissy1]

Oh dear!!!!

It was correct when I typed it!

 

[DejaBrew]

It was correct when I typed it!

 

[VPS]

And another one - this was my local when I was working in the UK so I can't go in and say FFS get someone to teach you how to construct an email.

Hello everyone

we’d just like to say thank you for baring with us during our new system change.

We want to ask you a favour, please could you all leave us a review after your next appointment as we are starting again we have no reviews

Thanks in advance and we look forward to seeing you all over the Christmas season!

The hair boutique team x

 

[AuSammy]

that is a very exclusive clientele

 

[Flashback]

Saw this one on our travels today.... Hebden Bridge, UK.

 

[JessicaTam]

Saw this one on our travels today.... Hebden Bridge, UK.
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Well they used to be open on Wednesday. Now they are just open Thursday to Saturday. Simples.

 

[drron]

Then there is pronunciation. As I walked past the TV last night I thought I heard the voice on the Maxigesic ad say they were adictive. That would be newsworthy. In fact she was saying additive but pronouncing it a dit ive hence my confusion.

 

[AuSammy]

Doubled down on both signs

 

[Flashback]

Well they used to be open on Wednesday. Now they are just open Thursday to Saturday. Simples.

They even added an evening menu

 

[n7of9]

Then there is pronunciation. As I walked past the TV last night I thought I heard the voice on the Maxigesic ad say they were adictive. That would be newsworthy. In fact she was saying additive but pronouncing it a dit ive hence my confusion.

And then there's Simplified English*, addicting.

*American English

 

[Beano]

Saw this one on our travels today.... Hebden Bridge, UK.
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That leave an hour to eat-up before they chuck you out!

And then there's Simplified English*, addicting.

*American English

Definitely. In the USA the stresses on the words and sentence phrasing are different.

 

[Groundfeeder]

Yes, English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.

 

[Beano]

Yes, English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.

You've got to remember that English developed from two routes, Anglo Saxon and Romance (Roman, French). For many situations you can use more than one word based on the different routes. At one time using a Romance based word was considered more acceptable (posh) than the Anglo Saxon equivalent.

 

[kookaburra75]

You've got to remember that English developed from two routes, Anglo Saxon and Romance (Roman, French). For many situations you can use more than one word based on the different routes. At one time using a Romance based word was considered more acceptable (posh) than the Anglo Saxon equivalent.

Exactly - that's how program became programme, etc. The US version of English got 'snap frozen' when they moved into the US in the 1600s and didn't adopt those silly romantic urges

 

[Beano]

Exactly - that's how program became programme, etc. The US version of English got 'snap frozen' when they moved into the US in the 1600s and didn't adopt those silly romantic urges

Your correct! What we may now decry as bad American English, was the original English anyway.