Lix wrote:
< My pet hate is people who put a 'k' on the end of words instead of a 'g'.>
This usage of k instead of g at the end of a word is quite common in the
UK Pennine area. My now ex-neighbour came from the area, and I had some
difficulty understanding her at first, even more so as they t
> > "Do not speak of that of about which we talk of not speaking about."
>
argh (inserting groans)
and thanks Thurlow, an excellent description of The Village (a 'none of
the above' rating)
--
bye for now
Bev in Sooke, BC (on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada)
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Dear Thurlow,
"Do not speak of that of about which we talk of not speaking about."
A fabulous convolution, but what was wrong with:
"Do not speak about that of which we are not speaking", or "are not
permitted to speak"
I suppose it was the fact that this was a spoof and the writers were
t
This promises to be a most interesting thread. There was a movie made
here in the US called "The Village," which was about a modern-day
Utopian community living as if it were the 1800s. It's variously
categorised as horror, adventure or drama, though it really isn't any of
those. One of the
Another problem -- ending the sentence with a preposition. Also, the
active voice is usually more readable. How about, "Flat-felled seams
automatically compensate for any errors in width"? I know this is not
the question asked/answered, but readability is a good goal IMHO.
When writing an
One of the things I have done whilst I was away from (other than to get a
lot better in my health!) is that I undertook a course to qualify as a
teacher of English as a Second language. I did the Cambridge Certificate 4
course (CELTA)
I have to say that I have never studied/worked so hard in all
There are always items from the newspapers on our local radio station every
morning. On Friday, one of the papers (don't know which) was carrying the
story that the hyphen is dead. There's now no longer any need to use it
because people mostly don't and it's become accepted that words like e-mail
a
Jean
That is very similar to South Wales where they say "Where to are you going?".
My favourite, said around '73, '74, '75 in response, I think, to my talking
about some event I was about to attend: "Where to is it at then?" As you can
see, I have never forgotten it.
Patricia in Wales
[EMAI
This is not so much grammar as a local expression. In Somerset, instead of
saying "Where is it?" or "Where's mum gone?" they say "Where's it to?" and
"Where's mum to?"
When I first heard it I thought they were saying "Where is it going to?",
but they weren't.
Jean in Poole
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