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Trinity - 22 Aug 2006 19:07 GMT

Thank you for showing me that I am not alone in wanting all those
people who insist on peppering their text with apostrophes shot at
dawn.

I love reading your vitriolic messages to the grammatically unsure.
They really brighten up my day.

Incidentally, I fully punctuate my text messages.

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Paul Burke - 23 Aug 2006 08:35 GMT

> I love reading your vitriolic messages to the grammatically unsure.
> They really brighten up my day.

The grammatically unsure usually get a warm and cordial welcome here,
unless they try to insist to educated native English speakers that their
idisyncrasy is standard and that everyone else is wrong.

Those who post using children's text message slang are seldom so well
received.

Paul Burke

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Dave Fawthrop - 23 Aug 2006 08:52 GMT

|The grammatically unsure usually get a warm and cordial welcome here,
|unless they try to insist to educated native English speakers that their
|idisyncrasy is standard and that everyone else is wrong.

But it is fine for:
"Educated native English speakers" "to insist" "that their idisyncrasy is
standard and that everyone else is wrong."

Hmmmmmm

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Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk> Google Groups is IME the *worst*
method of accessing usenet. GG subscribers would be well advised get a
newsreader, say Agent, and a newsserver, say news.individual.net. These
will allow them: to see only *new* posts, a killfile, and other goodies.

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Einde O'Callaghan - 23 Aug 2006 22:18 GMT

Dave Fawthrop schrieb:

> |The grammatically unsure usually get a warm and cordial welcome here,
> |unless they try to insist to educated native English speakers that their
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> "Educated native English speakers" "to insist" "that their idisyncrasy is
> standard and that everyone else is wrong."

Some of us here are English-language teaching professionals who work
with the lan guage and help non-native speakers to achieve a better
grasp of our not uncomplicated native language. We have studied the way
the language functions and are usually well aware of the important
differences between the main varieties of the language and the different
levels of formality. This means that the opinions we express about
language and usage aren't simply personal idiosyncrasies, even if we may
sometimes have differences of opinion on the appropriateness of a
particular usage - this is often a generational thing or the result of
the ongoing dispute about descriptive vs. prescriptive grammar.

Einde O'Callaghan

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Natkan - 30 Aug 2006 03:29 GMT

Dear sir
Hello from Kutahya (Turkey)You are not alone. Believe me. I offer you a
different world.
We are alive. I mean there are still good people who share ideas ,
advice or anything.
This is not a fairy tale or a white story. We deliver hope. I don't
care Who you are. Even if male or female. Your religion , colour or
political ideas. I respect you. Thats all.
Are you ready to share ideas? If my English is eneugh I am ready to
help you , may be not help but to show you that you are someone and
very important.
Rethink everything ! Go to the mirror and look ! there is noone like
you in the world.
You are you. That's the most important thing.
Do you want to touch to the rainbow ? Colourful world is waiting for
you.
When did you say someone " I love you " for the last time. Smile people
whom you don't know and greet them. Feel that your eyes will start to
shine again.
Happiness is waiting for you. And you?
In my country, A new morning is going to start after half hour. In this
early August morning at 5 o'clock ; someone is thinking you. Without
knowing you man or woman I insist on saying: You are special and happy
tomorrows are waiting for you.
Help them to reach you. There is another chance for you in front of
your 1 meter. Walk there and use this chance.
Ps. This message is sent you and the other people who want to have same
ideas. The world and the life are still beautiful. Be apart of it.
Lots of Love From
Turkey
Hakan Gür
myhrainbow@gmail.com

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Discussion Groups / British English / August 2006

An appreciative note.