Shilasdair's Spelling and Grammar Hints

No, it isn't right.
I agree that it would be Canadians in that sentence, and not 'the Canadians' but that's wrong for the Scots. Unless you pop 'people' after it.
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Ah well if we are talking about Shilasdair here then I would suggest that he is definitely an authentic kilt wearer....
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I, on the other hand, do not wear tartan and don't particularly sound like your regular Scot.
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Oh I've loved this thread!

"Oxford" comma? We Cambridge girls were always taught NOT to use the "yobs' comma"!

Can we go to spoken English too? We've already done specific / pacific but another one that drives me up the wall is infastructure (ask the IT manager), then there's Febury, sekkertry, Wensdy and a whole host of others.

Ghastly management-speak jargon gets to me as well: "Let's run this idea up the flagpole and see who salutes it", "Blue sky thinking", "Helicopter vision", "Ball parking" - ARRRGGHHH!

All txt spk infuriates me as well.
 
Two people when to a show. A third person said "Can I come too."

Their boots are all over there. They're late.

To and its homophones and their and its homophones are what annoy me most - I only wince slightly at missing apostrophes now - I am no longer traumatised.

My worst faults are over use of hyphens and elipsis!
 
I've been away for a week and now know why I missed HHO so much: what an entertaining thread. I thought it was just me who was irritated by all these things........!!! (Oh look, my secret is out, I'm a furtive full-stop hoarder and excessive exclamation mark user) Do you like my little bit of alliteration?
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Well, perhaps the demise of Latin is a contributory factor... Latin helps you to understand how English is constructed, and once you understand the roots of the language, spelling and grammar fall into place.


[/ QUOTE ] I agree totally! I'm sure that learning Latin at school helped with my English spelling and vocabulary, plus made learning languages such as French, Spanish and Italian easier. I am seriously thinking of teaching my daughter a little Latin for that very reason.
 
Ooohhh, if we're doing spoken Englishe as well....
The word is ask, the s comes before the k!
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Management-speak just makes me think of gus in Drop the Dead Donkey
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I've been away for a week and now know why I missed HHO so much: what an entertaining thread. I thought it was just me who was irritated by all these things........!!! (Oh look, my secret is out, I'm a furtive full-stop hoarder and excessive exclamation mark user) Do you like my little bit of alliteration?
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Right, hand that punctuation over right now. It's needed elsewhere
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I say, get your grubby little mitts orf my punctuation or I shall set the dogs on you (see, I can be proper posh when I wanna be).

(You forgot your full stop by the way.......or have I hoarded them all and you've got none left?)
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Hooray for an 8 page post about one of my favourite subjects: SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar)! Shilasdair, are you sure you're not my mad old English teacher?!

I am obsessed with apostrophes, and sometimes, if I'm really lucky, I get to proof read massive documents at work
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TGM: I totally agree about Latin - I learnt it at school and I think it's very useful. I also think teaching children foreign languages as early as possible is invaluable.
 
I didn't learn latin sadly, but went to Scottish schools early in life and was taught handwriting as well as SPaG. Those were the days......(flagrant over-use of full-stops there, depleting my already meagre stockpile).
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Hooray for an 8 page post about one of my favourite subjects: SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar)! Shilasdair, are you sure you're not my mad old English teacher?!

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Pretty sure I'm not your English teacher as I don't have any qualifications...other than school ones. I was accepted to do English language and literature degrees at both St Andrews and Edinburgh when I was young, but had better things to do
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I say, get your grubby little mitts orf my punctuation or I shall set the dogs on you (see, I can be proper posh when I wanna be).

(You forgot your full stop by the way.......or have I hoarded them all and you've got none left?)
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I did tell you that the world supplies are running low so will have to keep posting without any until you return them
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