It matters if they're teaching our children how to be illiterate!
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Perhaps they need embarrassing.
That was the attitude when my two were at school in the early eighties.
I cannot imagine anyone who can spell thinking like that therefore those in charge must not have been bright enough.
No emphasis on spelling or grammar.
I was also admonished when told that my daughter did not suffer fools gladly for thinking it was a good thing.
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longdogs
The strange thing is, being carp at spelling doesn't seem to stop people getting reasonable jobs these days. I suppose hey all use spellcheck.
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Shutpa
Yeah, you may be quite right. Perhaps a little embarrassment will do them good. Didn't work in the pub last night when 6 out of 8 drinkers admitted that they did not know when to use 'practice' and when to use 'practise'. And none of them were embarrassed about it! One of the two who got it right will be devoting some time in each class this coming week on the correct usage. In the meantime, I will be giving serious thought to at least mentioning the confusion between the two words. Something like "Hands up those who find difficulty in choosing practice with a 'c' and practise with an 's'?
Thank you yet again JBR.
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Shutpa
When marking scrips in the past (not English exam ones), I have always gone along with the "as long as the meaning is clear" philosophy. That said, even when I gave a mark for a correct answer, I would always point out spelling and grammatical errors. Once when I wrote sp against a wrongly spelt word, the script came back with 2/1fav against my comment.
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longdogs
Patients vs Patience.
I can understand that. In the middle ages most people (other than monks) couldn't read and write and I don't think they were embarrassed about it either.
I agree about the lack of any need to be able to use our language properly. When I read DM articles online I see many instances of their 'journalists' who obviously didn't need such skills to get their jobs.
Perhaps our language is continuing to evolve - into a curious combination of American and textspeak! O tempore, O mores!
I presume you are being sarcastic.
Only if they care.
Was it your night off?
No surprise there but how many have jobs where such basic knowledge should be required?
You can't start a sentence with 'And' and, as above, 'was' embarrassed.
How long will it take? 'C' for nouns; 'S' for verbs.
There is no confusion - only ignorance (true sense).
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Shutpa
"I cannot imagine anyone who can spell thinking like that therefore those in charge must not have been bright enough." What should it be?
I really don't know because the sentence does not make sense.
And neither does this one:
"I was also admonished when told that my daughter did not suffer fools gladly for thinking it was a good thing..............What should it be?
And again, I really don't know, but will hazard a guess. Does it mean:
"When I was told that my daughter did not suffer fools gladly, I was chastised for thinking that that was a good thing?"
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to rattle your cage, or in the process of doing that, hijack this thread. I just think that you got it wrong when you said words to the effect that "as long as the meaning is clear" and then produce two sentences where the meanings were far from clear. As for my mistakes, not being an English lecturer, I forgive myself. That said, I should have read my posts over before posting.
Over and out
I really don't know because the sentence does not make sense.
And neither does this one:
"I was also admonished when told that my daughter did not suffer fools gladly for thinking it was a good thing..............What should it be?
And again, I really don't know, but will hazard a guess. Does it mean:
"When I was told that my daughter did not suffer fools gladly, I was chastised for thinking that that was a good thing?"
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to rattle your cage, or in the process of doing that, hijack this thread. I just think that you got it wrong when you said words to the effect that "as long as the meaning is clear" and then produce two sentences where the meanings were far from clear. As for my mistakes, not being an English lecturer, I forgive myself. That said, I should have read my posts over before posting.
Over and out
It may have benefited from a couple of commas but that would not have been technically correct.
There, you did know. Now have another go at the first.
Both are perfectly normal here.
Ok.
You must struggle with legal documents.
Talker, then.
I should have read over my posts before posting.
Do you think it may be better if someone else were to give the talk?
Old ****er thread. I'm out
Ahhhh, the joy of pomposity.
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