Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:55:20 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: photo... illiteracy: examples from replies
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dear studentry of the english language et al
first ...
> Pricey.
ALWAYS remove a final e from a word before adding any suffix. If "torquy"
looks awkward, so what?
both are considered correct ... APPLE Spell Widget says so ...
my wife with american university masters says so too
(but we refer to Apple to adjudicate all disagreements)
(we have several style manuals in the house but chicago is too big and
strunk is under it)
(the canadian style manuals are on order)
second ...
many countries are on this list ... (i hail from Canadia ;o)
north america is made up of three continental ties to three nations and
oceanic ties to one
(france (w/ st pierre & miquelon )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon
so it would not be out of order if i were to revert to my mother tongue and
commence to include grammar from the language Breton
third ...
email is somewhat more like a conversation rather than a written letter ...
article or story ...
the parentheses used are often to note a digression in the speech ...
much like an aside would be offered in spoken word
when i write an article .. story or professional letter i submit same to my
editors ..
(one i am married to and one i work with)
they happily make me look better ...;o)
all of these mediums have different tokens that make them operate better in
different environments ...
second to lastly ...
i am always amazed that how a mass produced vehicle like the Volkswagen Van
(type 2 - etc... ) with Westfalia interior can have no two alike
or at least very few alike ... the inlets are often in different
locations... (just for example)
there are as many nuances to the van as there are people who own them ...
i grew up in a region that sent people to the hostible if they fell off the
slippy roof while cleaning their chimilly
if you really want to move your grammar up a notch... advance your self to
read ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Flesch
then go to your computer open word >open options> choose the edit grammar
tab> choose to show readability statistics
take note of whose readability statistics those are ...
lastly ...
(Really)
enjoy all the variations of writing available in lists like these
make your professional work impeccable on web pages ... blogs ... letters to
others
and remember that form will never become from and then will never have
happened in juxtaposition with than ...
no matter how many times you run spell check ...
unless the readability statistics box is checked ...
yours
On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Andrew Grebneff <
andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> wrote:
> I'm impressed that, having read several replies to my posting, none have
> shown selfrighteous indignation. The subject is entirely relevant to the
> list.
>
> In my experience even dedicated scientists have problems with punctuation
> and spelling.
>
> > Waht is the big dael aobut snplleig on the Vgoaann lsit? The hamun mnid
> > can furige out prttey mcuh any wrod as lnog as the wreitr dseon't
> > srecw up the fsrit and lsat crcteraahs.
>
> Words can indeed be worked out from context, but often punctuation cannot.
> These things are NOT unimportant... our entire written language depends on
> them, and one incorrect punctuation-mark can utterly change the meaning of
> a sentence eg "What's that on the road ahead?" and "What's that on the
> road, ahead?" (and at this point addition of a period to end my sentence
> is problematic... triple punctuation, anyone?
>
> Note that dictionaries ans spellcheckers are only as good as their
> authors!
>
> Of course typos don't count, but:
>
> > Uhhh, you'd be amazed at how many CEO's...(70's)...
>
> Er... what do the CEOs and the 70 own?
>
> > Its not just spelling Jeff, but the complete lack of structure in
> > peoples'
> > emails.
>
> It's not just spelling, Jeff, but the...
>
> > Yeah well I said "important letters, etc."
>
> Yeah, well, I said "important letters etc".
>
> > I agree it's spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure.
> > However, we also have to consider each of us has our own strengths.
>
> I agree that it's spelling, grammar, punctuation and sentence structure.
> However we also have to consider that each of us...
>
> > Maybe you should find someone else for that task. (e-mail., writtne,
> > submited).
>
> .. someone else for that task (e-mail, written, sumitted).
>
> > ...and some of it's wiring chewed on by animals...
>
> its. It's means "it is".
>
> > Pricey.
>
> ALWAYS remove a final e from a word before adding any suffix. If "torquy"
> looks awkward, so what?
>
> > An evolving language is the equivalent of grammar by the lowest common
> > denominator, no? And think I actually had to learn English as a
> > second
> > language the correct way. What was I thinking!
>
> Well said! Languages do of course evolve; however corruption is something
> else entirely.
>
--
roger w
There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
Picking up garbage and telling people things.
Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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