on 6/14/04 4:39 AM, Andrew Fildes at afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On 14/06/2004, at 3:11 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> I am a bit of a boring/irritating email respondent; I now point out
>> solecisms and apostrophe abuse where they occur.
>
> Why limit yourself? Get stuck into sophistry, obloquy and obfuscation
> as well. Hound the inadequate avoidance of the subjunctive. Insist that
> the choice of -ise or -ize endings be related to Greek or Latin roots,
> not to mere transatlantic ethnicity. This is serious mate (unlike most
> of my Greek or latin roots!)
>
>> Vocabulary as well
>> sometimes: I still regret not telling a group captain (2 ranks higher
>> than I was at the time) that he was misusing the word "prevaricate"
>> when he was describing the way the German MOD was acting in the
>> Eurofighter programme. He should have written "procrastinate".
>
> Definitely falls into the 'get a life' category, mate! You've just got
> to learn to let it go!
> Me, I'd be happy if most of my students understood that 'a lot' is two
> words (thankyou idiot primary teachers) and if my deranged principal
> (head teacher) knew that 'you' is a plural already (thank'ee ma'am - is
> that spelt 'youse' or 'ewes'?)
> Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrggggggghhhh!
>
> Andrew'F
> http://www.pbase.com/afildes
Why r yous guys gettin down on spelers? I mad it thru 12 years of colledge
with jus the spel-chek to help, and now I are wurkin again, to. So their ar
lots of spelers who jus ned a litle help now n then 2B beter.
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
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