Frank Sidney Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 This thread is intended to give examples of poor English used by officials, as seen by SF members, and how it could be written more clearly. Please post examples BUT only if your version is an improvement. Have you ever kissed a girl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkey Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Have you ever kissed a girl? Yes, but her grammar was appauling, so he called the whole thing off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Sidney Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Yes, but her grammar was appauling, so he called the whole thing off! When he made love to her she only moaned in lower case, so she had to go.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkey Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 When he made love to her she only moaned in lower case, so she had to go.... Well that's just it! Not only was she ungrammatical, but some of the things she came out with weren't even proper words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleycorn Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 You may need to change the settings on your spell checker to capitalize the first letter of a sentence and proper nouns. jb there is always one spelling punctuation nazi isn't there FIFY jb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleycorn Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 When it comes to "it's" and "its" all you need to remember is the ONLY meaning for IT'S is IT IS!!! It doesn't mean anything else and it isn't used as a possessive - that is ITS! I find this puts it quite eloquently... http://www.angryflower.com/itsits.gif ... and for a general guide to the apostrophe... http://www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif jb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treatment Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Foreigners only need to know two words in English, " Housing Benefit ". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkey Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Foreigners only need to know two words in English, " Housing Benefit ". They have a similar size of vocabulary and range of interests to you then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treatment Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 They have a similar size of vocabulary and range of interests to you then. Yes, but without the three Degrees and Professional Qualifications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernboy Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 ...awaiting the inevitable Three Degrees joke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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