The death of literacy

[Declan]

On 4/11/2021 at 12:42 PM, english zloty said:

Not sure the loss of over 1,400 souls in a matter of minutes is lol worthy. Perhaps just poor taste

Too soon?

[manxman34]

On 4/13/2021 at 1:40 PM, Declan said:

Well that is an error caused by poor proof checking rather than a lack of knowledge.  But  at least I don't use emojis.

You should have used a comma after 'well', and another before the conjunction 'but', making a single sentence. 

[english zloty]

12 hours ago, Itsmeee said:

I completed a degree in 2017 as a mature student. We were told by our tutor that we were the first cohort for a long time that did not need remedial English teaching in order to get up to standard for degree level work. I have English as an A’ Level and am appalled at the inability of many supposedly intelligent and educated people to spell and use simple grammar. Most of my acquaintances call me a pedant.  I’m not as bad as my dad, who will ask to see the manager of businesses whose menus and literature contain errors. That’s not at all embarrassing 😳 

 

 

 

 

Grossers' apostrophe's? Terrible; truely terrible...

[Declan]

1 hour ago, manxman34 said:

You should have used a comma after 'well', and another before the conjunction 'but', making a single sentence. 

I think you mean "could" rather than "should", at least in the case of the comma before  "but". It is perfectly acceptable to begin a sentence with "but", for example, if you want to add emphasis to the sentence or make it more punchy. In this case, I wanted a longer pause before the reader got to the final riposte, like a comedian timing a punchline.  

You're right about the one after "well", but I doubt it will impact anyone's understanding. Given the challenges I faced getting to my current level of competence, I can live with the odd missed comma in a first draft or informal situations and I have to aim to pick them up in second draft or proof reading.  

[Itsmeee]

1 hour ago, english zloty said:

Grossers' apostrophe's? Terrible; truely terrible...

Truly.....

[Andy Onchan]

47 minutes ago, Itsmeee said:

Truly.....

+1

[Sheldon]

It's getting to the stage here where I can't tell any more who's being serious and who's just taking the piss. I'm beginning to suspect that everyone falls in to the latter category.

[monasqueen]

1 hour ago, Sheldon said:

It's getting to the stage here where I can't tell any more who's being serious and who's just taking the piss. I'm beginning to suspect that everyone falls in to the latter category.

Shorely knot.

[english zloty]

3 hours ago, Sheldon said:

It's getting to the stage here where I can't tell any more who's being serious and who's just taking the piss. I'm beginning to suspect that everyone falls in to the latter category.

I was being truley serious 

[Sheldon]

2 minutes ago, english zloty said:

I was being truley serious 

I'm just disappointed that nobody has picked up on the use of "in to" rather than "into".

[Itsmeee]

4 hours ago, Sheldon said:

It's getting to the stage here where I can't tell any more who's being serious and who's just taking the piss. I'm beginning to suspect that everyone falls in to the latter category.

My proudest moment was when a colleague said to me, “Are you being sarcastic, because I just can’t tell any more.”

[Uhtred]

39 minutes ago, Sheldon said:

I'm just disappointed that nobody has picked up on the use of "in to" rather than "into".

It's simply apart of your illiteracy.

[manxman34]

8 hours ago, Declan said:

I think you mean "could" rather than "should", at least in the case of the comma before  "but". It is perfectly acceptable to begin a sentence with "but", for example, if you want to add emphasis to the sentence or make it more punchy. In this case, I wanted a longer pause before the reader got to the final riposte, like a comedian timing a punchline.  

You're right about the one after "well", but I doubt it will impact anyone's understanding. Given the challenges I faced getting to my current level of competence, I can live with the odd missed comma in a first draft or informal situations and I have to aim to pick them up in second draft or proof reading.  

I love it when someone tells me what I meant  In this case, I meant 'should', not 'could'. I agree with the rest of your comment.

[Declan]

11 minutes ago, manxman34 said:

I love it when someone tells me what I meant  In this case, I meant 'should', not 'could'. I agree with the rest of your comment.

Then you meant the wrong word.

[manxman34]

54 minutes ago, Declan said:

Then you meant the wrong word.

Oh, dear. You 'should' have done it, because you would have avoided making an elementary mistake in a thread about literacy.