Grammar Discussions

[esseeeayeenn]

Perhaps only a safety issue for people who speak (read?) French?

I which case it wouldbe dangereux or dangereuse - depending on the gender of the danger!

 

[VPS]

A glass of Jizz?

 

[TheRealTMA]

A glass of Jizz?

View attachment 523394

Never know your luck in a big city!

 

[AuSammy]

 

[Julesmac]

To all the pedants out there. I picked up a book last week (later on I was very pleased it was a library book because if I'd bought it I'd have demanded a refund). Ali Lowe is the author; born in England and relocated to Oz in her 20s. I borrowed 4 at a time and the first book published had dozens of howlers - errors in spelling, meanings (discrete instead of discreet) , sloppy punctuation and typos. If she used Spellcheck that only corrects errors in spelling, not in comprehension. I had a look at the acknowledgements and there's a slew of editors thanked. I'd happily do the job for nothing because they were paid for doing a really bad job. You can tell she's not thrown off her English roots eg Rrizla, (what the heck is that?) gin and slimline, naff and too many others to mention. Whoever says chestbone? S[ells it passion fruit? In fact I checked to see if it was edited in England or here because any Australian would know they're not expressions we would use. McMac thinks I'm loopy but if you're good at English and grammar it's really annoying. Rant over

 

[AuSammy]

 

[VPS]

Maybe they meant Practitioner

 

[SYD]

View attachment 525263

Up there with…

 

[Hvr]

 

[AuSammy]

Perhaps call in and suggest better wording

 

[AuSammy]

A spell checker would perhaps assist with the dyslexia tendencies

 

[JessicaTam]

A spell checker would perhaps assist with the dyslexia tendencies

View attachment 530820

Maybe it gets warm in the spray booth, so they have to strip off.

 

[JessicaTam]

Perhaps call in and suggest better wording

View attachment 530819

Or at least an apostrophe (and an 'e' for completeness).