Phanerothyme Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Originally posted by max I think you can drop the i in exclaim when it's used as part of the word exclamation. Hee hee. <chuckle> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodge Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Originally posted by Sidla I challenge you to find a website that refers to a mobile phone as either "mobile 'phone" or "mobile telephone". http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3939&perpage=15&pagenumber=2 lol OK, seriously - "Mobile Telephone": http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22mobile+telephone%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidla Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Originally posted by Phanerothyme Only when I have a humorous (sorry you missed it) point to make. Hilarious. Originally posted by Hodge OK, seriously - "Mobile Telephone": http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22mobile+telephone%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta= Already tried that, my only excuse is that they all seem to be geeky things that wouldn't concern the average Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamo Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 As long as we all get the gist what's the lem? I think it is quite nice to see peoples quirky little mistakes. I used to work in a council tax department (please spare me any jokes) and there was one girl who kept putting on the notebook of customer's accounts... "Customer rang re bill and was very high rated." She meant he was irated, not that his bill was too high... although it probably was!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 For more on this subject - and to learn how one man with a temperament not unlike T020's invented most of our grammar and punctuation anyway, about 150 years ago, do read this wonderful book. I loved it and I reproduce a review from the web somewhere The Mother Tongue: English & How It Got That Way Bryson, Bill With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of "The Lost Continent"--brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into one of the world's largest growth industries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomme Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Originally posted by max I think you can drop the i in exclaim when it's used as part of the word exclamation. Hee hee. You seem to have omitted the quotes round 'i' in that sentence, Max. 'Touche!' Anyway - its one of the laws of Usenet. Any criticism of anyone’s grammar or spelling will contain at least one mistake. Not bad general posting advice here : http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/usenet/rules/ Nomme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Originally posted by nommedenet You seem to have omitted the quotes round 'i' in that sentence, Max. 'Touche!' Anyway - its one of the laws of Usenet. Any criticism of anyone’s grammar or spelling will contain at least one mistake. Not bad general posting advice here : http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/usenet/rules/ Nomme Aargh, mods arguing in public. Just wait 'til Geoff reads this thread. Nice use of touché but you missed the accent . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidla Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Shouldn't that be mod's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Originally posted by Foxxx I had a discussion with my mum about bored of versus bored with and she explained it to me but I can't remember her explanation! Bored of though is incorrect according to how grammar was taught in 'her day' and she gets really annoyed when ever people say bored of! I'll have to investigate because it would be amusing if I could prove her wrong! I cant guarantee the accuracy of this site, a link to which I am posting up, but it seems to say that "bored of" is wrong. I say "bored of" myself, never even knew before today that I shouldn't There are other examples on the site too, enjoy http://www.vic.uh.edu/ac/efl/prepositionsphrasal.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidla Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 I say 'bored of', but when you think about it, it doesn't seem right. 'Bored with' seems to make a lot more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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