Uh ... You're a loser.
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
Your a looser.
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There are those that are firmly convinced that americans have wodgered the
queen's English to death...
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On Nov 8, 2010, at 9:59, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote:
Since you are volunteering and have a
I am a total PIA when it come to correcting people who don't differentiate
lay from lie, or who use the possessive rather than nominative pronoun as
the subject of a sentence, as in Her/him and Joe went to the movies.
Oddly, it's only done using a conjuction, e.g. never Her/him went to the
movies.
You know, it was close enough that we all knew what he meant.
My children, now in their 20's were taught in our schools, that it was
more important to get one's ideas on the page than it was to do it
correctly. I guess, on the assumption that it could be later edited and
perhaps that they
Our kids got that spelling doesn't matter just get your ideas on
paper crap at school in the US too. When they got home, they were
told that spelling does matter, and we tried to illustrate WHY it
matters.
One is finishing up his Ph.D. and the other spells and writes quite nicely too.
Your a looser.
--R
On 11/8/10 11:04 AM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
I am a total PIA when it come to correcting people who don't differentiate
lay from lie, or who use the possessive rather than nominative pronoun as
the subject of a sentence, as in Her/him and Joe went to the movies.
Oddly, it's
, November 08, 2010 10:50 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] ADHD
Our kids got that spelling doesn't matter just get your ideas on
paper crap at school in the US too. When they got home, they were
told that spelling does matter, and we tried to illustrate WHY it
matters.
One is finishing
Well, how 'bout that for who? ;)))
Wilton
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] ADHD
I am a total PIA when it come to correcting people
that for who? ;)))
Wilton
- Original Message - From: andrew strasfogel
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I am a total PIA when it come to correcting people who don't
: andrew strasfogel
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I am a total PIA when it come to correcting people who don't differentiate
lay from lie, or who use the possessive rather than nominative
Larry wrote:
Others, taught phonetically can sound the word out and read it properly
often learning the meaning by the context it was used in in the sentence.
One of the most memorable classes senior year of high school was
etymology If I recall correctly, much of the prefixes, suffixes, and
If you take Latin you will be much better equipped to understand English
(a good part of it), Spanish, etc. and medical stuff.
--R
On 11/8/10 4:28 PM, Mountain Man wrote:
Larry wrote:
Others, taught phonetically can sound the word out and read it properly
often learning the meaning by
Spanish class was a joke... I'd have much rather learned Polish,
Latin, or etc, but no, Spanish was all that was offered(forced if I
remember right).
Walt
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
If you take Latin you will be much better equipped
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Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] ADHD
I am a total PIA when it come to correcting people who don't differentiate
lay from lie, or who use the possessive rather than nominative pronoun as
the subject of a sentence, as in Her/him and Joe went to the movies
Walt Zarnoch wrote:
Spanish class was a joke... I'd have much rather learned Polish,
Latin, or etc, but no, Spanish was all that was offered(forced if I
remember right).
Spanish was all that was offered at my school. We had a Columbian to teach it.
She was probably good at it, but nobody
Etymology is good stuff!
You can (ab)use it to:
-poke fun at nonsense words (irregardless and inflammable come to mind...)
-create new words by (in)appropriately utilizing appropriate prefixes and
suffixes (signage comes to mind... As does converting nouns to verbs and
vice-versa)
-engage in
John wrote:
Etymology is good stuff!
Yep - all that fun and more.
I always liked the word the teacher liked - which is an actual dictionary word.
Sesquipedalianist - one who uses foot-and-a-half long words.
mao
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The school our kids attended did try to teach spelling, but if the parents
didn't also work with them at home, it didn't work. Some parents actively
discourage learning at school - only sent the kids to get them out of their
hair and to avoid trouble with the law. No wonder society is falling
That's how I think of them ---
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 4:25 PM, John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net wrote:
Iirc, and at least in my book,
Jelly-made from something akin to (filtered) juice; that is to say that
there is no pulp in it whatsoever.
Jam-made from strained juice; some pulp, no chunks.
...Around here they seem to just let the kids wonder the classrooms,
wonder the halls, listen to their headphones during class, just
wantever it seem. Geez
A living example of the subject. Why don't you have someone edit this for
you and repost it.
RLE
Since you are volunteering and have a superior grasp of spelling and
grammar, I suggest we all send our posts to you for correction and/or
approval and then you can forward them with your stamp of approval. I
suppose the stamp could say This email has been wodgered right up.
Hendrik
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