Discussion Groups / English Usage / February 2008

Hi bois! I hope I'm not interrupting anything between you 2 but its just to
let yous know I'll have to go in 20 mins 4 me tea. Mum has axed my mate
Barry to stay 4 his T 'cos he helped me 2 type out loads of messages for
you. We are having fish fingers and spag hoops and coke so ...

... how that bloke who used to call himself Collard but now seems to have
changed his name again usually posts only at weekends and when school is
finished for the day?
Someone should reprot him to the Juvenile Crims Div. (How about it, Dave The

Spotted in an online forum, recommending a shirt retailer:
"... alot of guy's at work where their shirts"
At least it's the right form of "their".

I came across this test(*1) on a TOEIC forum:
(identify the word or phrase that should be corrected or rewritten)
Any business that sells _or_ manufactures goods and any service business
_that_ stocks parts, _need_ some _sort_ of inventory control.

Does "it's not my call" refer to: it's not my bussines?
Or rather: It's not my decision
I guess both, but I'm nonnative so can't be sure. What's your view?
Regards

Are you one of the famed "intelligentsia" of uls so recently torked about by
Dave The Fat Sarge?
If your IQ is on a par with Dave The Fat Sarge, please add your names below
and join his club:

Would you say that
"pressed his hand"
means
"shook his hand,"

Everyone wants his company logo to be the best but how good is good?
How do we define a good logo? Is it necessary to be colorful or an
exquisite piece of art? Can a simple design work as a good logo? We
are often in a dilemma.

Howdy,
I have a question I'd like to ask:
I read the following sentence and was wondering if it was
grammatically correct by using the verb "is" instead of "are" here: