English gramer, speling and stuf lik that
Hey guys...and ladies too...
May I be so bold as to correct a couple of errors in recent posts in this thread?
Good...now listen up...
Salesman Bob...stirling is not what you meant, you meant sterling...
Vets Dottir...you meant necessitate instead of neccisitate...
Chris...you meant necessary instead of neccessary...
Tsk, tsk, tsk...if one is to be an elucidating wordsmith, one should consult one's OED, Funk & Wagnalls, et al, shouldn't one?
May I suggest that we all preview, carefully, our posts prior to exposing them to this global Forum?
Snobbish as it may seem, one's impression of one who fails to observe the common rules of grammar, syntax, and composition, can sometimes create an impression, rightly or wrongly, of a certain stratification of one's station in life.
Something that enormously annoys me is a message wherein there is no punctuation. The purposes of punctuation are quite lucidly expounded in books such as "Scribner's Handbook of English". Proper punctuation, in itself, can convey many tacit meanings.
Off topic rant ends. God help me if I ever make a speling errer on this Forum...I'll be flamed forever!
Ferchrissakes, use the dictionary, thesaurus, word check whatever.
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