Somthing else for the spelling police!!!

Damn right!

It's a blatant disregard for common sense, and a basic laziness that's
overcome the youth of today.

If you can't read & write plain English, then you won't get far in this
world.
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Even with Spanish and French? :-)
Ben
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> Damn right!
>
> It's a blatant disregard for common sense, and a basic laziness that's
> overcome the youth of today.
>
> If you can't read & write plain English, then you won't get far in this
> world.
>
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"Varizo.." <varizo.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com.sg> wrote in message
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> It was on the radio in the week that exsaminers in skools hav got to
> acsept txt message replys , like if they had to say somthing like *to
> be or not to be* , the exsaminers would hav to acsept it as *2b or not
> 2b* and that the asnwer was still right. They hav realised at last that
> ppl who use txt words r not thick , but its the ppl who cant
> understand it that r thick, they should learn to keep up and be taught
> wot it means, insted of creating a great big fuss and trying to stop
> ppl from writing wot feels most confortabal to them!
> V.
>

Ahhhh the dumbing down of society.......
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"Benoît Meulle-Stef" <bmsguitarsNOSPAMS DeleteThis @biz.tiscali.be> wrote in message
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> Even with Spanish and French? :-)
> Ben
> <thecoven.uk DeleteThis @ntlworld.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 1162630850.075522.165260 DeleteThis @h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> Damn right!
>>
>> It's a blatant disregard for common sense, and a basic laziness that's
>> overcome the youth of today.
>>
>> If you can't read & write plain English, then you won't get far in this
>> world.
>>
>
>

You have a point there! Perhaps it would have been better to say that if
you can't read and write correctly, then you won't get far in this world.
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"Lori Pierce" <LPIERCE.RemoveThis@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Varizo.." <varizo.RemoveThis@yahoo.com.sg> wrote in message
> news:1162619157.383952.180730@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>> It was on the radio in the week that exsaminers in skools hav got to
>> acsept txt message replys , like if they had to say somthing like *to
>> be or not to be* , the exsaminers would hav to acsept it as *2b or not
>> 2b* and that the asnwer was still right. They hav realised at last that
>> ppl who use txt words r not thick , but its the ppl who cant
>> understand it that r thick, they should learn to keep up and be taught
>> wot it means, insted of creating a great big fuss and trying to stop
>> ppl from writing wot feels most confortabal to them!
>> V.
>>
>
> Ahhhh the dumbing down of society.......

Fortunately, it's not being accepted without a fight;
http://www.24dash.com/education/12440.htm

We _really_ need to improve the quality of basic English grammar and
spelling in our schools; I'm marking undergraduate essays and lab reports
where some of the students literally don't know ho to use full stops; this
can make it really hard to understand what they're trying to say, and
prevents them from expressing themselves clearly. This is a real shame for
some of them, who are obviously bright, but struggle to use their
intelligence.

H
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And if you ask them how many books they reed a year...
Cheers
Ben

"H Duffy" <hester_duffy RemoveThis @nospam.hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
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>
> "Lori Pierce" <LPIERCE RemoveThis @wi.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:bc13h.49316$IO2.36493@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>>
>> "Varizo.." <varizo RemoveThis @yahoo.com.sg> wrote in message
>> news:1162619157.383952.180730@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>>> It was on the radio in the week that exsaminers in skools hav got to
>>> acsept txt message replys , like if they had to say somthing like *to
>>> be or not to be* , the exsaminers would hav to acsept it as *2b or not
>>> 2b* and that the asnwer was still right. They hav realised at last that
>>> ppl who use txt words r not thick , but its the ppl who cant
>>> understand it that r thick, they should learn to keep up and be taught
>>> wot it means, insted of creating a great big fuss and trying to stop
>>> ppl from writing wot feels most confortabal to them!
>>> V.
>>>
>>
>> Ahhhh the dumbing down of society.......
>
> Fortunately, it's not being accepted without a fight;
> http://www.24dash.com/education/12440.htm
>
> We _really_ need to improve the quality of basic English grammar and
> spelling in our schools; I'm marking undergraduate essays and lab reports
> where some of the students literally don't know ho to use full stops; this
> can make it really hard to understand what they're trying to say, and
> prevents them from expressing themselves clearly. This is a real shame for
> some of them, who are obviously bright, but struggle to use their
> intelligence.
>
> H
>
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Varizo.. wrote:
> It was on the radio in the week that exsaminers in skools hav got to
> acsept txt message replys , like if they had to say somthing like *to
> be or not to be* , the exsaminers would hav to acsept it as *2b or not
> 2b* and that the asnwer was still right. They hav realised at last that
> ppl who use txt words r not thick , but its the ppl who cant
> understand it that r thick, they should learn to keep up and be taught
> wot it means, insted of creating a great big fuss and trying to stop
> ppl from writing wot feels most confortabal to them!
> V.

U R TEH B4K4
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Lori Pierce wrote:
> "Benoît Meulle-Stef" <bmsguitarsNOSPAMS RemoveThis @biz.tiscali.be> wrote in message
> news:YPCdncbsxLBxE9HYRVnyvA@scarlet.biz...
>> Even with Spanish and French? :-)
>> Ben
>> <thecoven.uk RemoveThis @ntlworld.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
>> 1162630850.075522.165260 RemoveThis @h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>> Damn right!
>>>
>>> It's a blatant disregard for common sense, and a basic laziness that's
>>> overcome the youth of today.
>>>
>>> If you can't read & write plain English, then you won't get far in this
>>> world.
>>>
>>
>
> You have a point there! Perhaps it would have been better to say that if
> you can't read and write correctly, then you won't get far in this world.

But only to a point. I'd venture that basically no matter where you
live that you will (on average) get less far these days if you can't
read and write (and speak) English. I also venture that the importance
of English is growing.

Dag
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>H Duffy
>>Lori Pierce
>>>Varizo..

[snip varizo]

>>>Ahhhh the dumbing down of society.......

>>Fortunately, it's not being accepted without a fight;
>>http://www.24dash.com/education/12440.htm

>>We _really_ need to improve the quality of basic English grammar and
>>spelling in our schools; I'm marking undergraduate essays and lab reports
>>where some of the students literally don't know ho to use full stops; this
>>can make it really hard to understand what they're trying to say, and
>>prevents them from expressing themselves clearly. This is a real shame for
>>some of them, who are obviously bright, but struggle to use their
>>intelligence.



I am a third year student at a major Scottish university and the other week
I had a lesson in which a) the use of the apostrophe was explained to us,
and b) we were told that it was based on the saying "John Smith has farm". I
objected to both of those. There are two rules. The apostrophe indicates
removed letters, and, with 's', denotes possession. The first rule takes
precedence in similar cases, such that "it is" becomes "it's" while the
possessive form of "it" is "its" to avoid confusion. Not that I don't mix
them up, but there are rules there. Even possessive forms of words ending in
's' follow this rule - when I say these are the ducks' eggs the apostrophe
shows possession, but first indicates that there is a letter missing (the
's'). At least, that's how I would explain it.

Benoît Meulle-Stef>

>And if you ask them how many books they reed a year...

Hi! Just a quick note - round the gothic hierarchy we prefer folks to post
underneath the post they are replying to. Top-posting causes crabs, that's a
Scientific Fact.

As for how many books they read in a year, well, that would be terrifying,
wouldn't it? I smell a survey in the offing.
--
erith - murder simulator
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"erithromycin" <erithromycin.RemoveThis@ananzi.co.za> wrote in message
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> >H Duffy
>>>Lori Pierce
>>>>Varizo..
>
> [snip varizo]
>
>>>>Ahhhh the dumbing down of society.......
>
>>>Fortunately, it's not being accepted without a fight;
>>>http://www.24dash.com/education/12440.htm
>
>>>We _really_ need to improve the quality of basic English grammar and
>>>spelling in our schools; I'm marking undergraduate essays and lab reports
>>>where some of the students literally don't know ho to use full stops;
>>>this
>>>can make it really hard to understand what they're trying to say, and
>>>prevents them from expressing themselves clearly. This is a real shame
>>>for
>>>some of them, who are obviously bright, but struggle to use their
>>>intelligence.
>
> I am a third year student at a major Scottish university and the other
> week
> I had a lesson in which a) the use of the apostrophe was explained to us,
> and b) we were told that it was based on the saying "John Smith has farm".
> I
> objected to both of those. There are two rules. The apostrophe indicates
> removed letters, and, with 's', denotes possession. The first rule takes
> precedence in similar cases, such that "it is" becomes "it's" while the
> possessive form of "it" is "its" to avoid confusion. Not that I don't mix
> them up, but there are rules there. Even possessive forms of words ending
> in
> 's' follow this rule - when I say these are the ducks' eggs the apostrophe
> shows possession, but first indicates that there is a letter missing (the
> 's'). At least, that's how I would explain it.

Actually, my understanding is that "its" is a pronoun, just as "his" and
"hers" are, and that's why it doesn't need an apostraphe.
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Varizo.. wrote:
> It was on the radio in the week that exsaminers in skools hav got to
> acsept txt message replys , like if they had to say somthing like *to
> be or not to be* , the exsaminers would hav to acsept it as *2b or not
> 2b* and that the asnwer was still right. They hav realised at last that
> ppl who use txt words r not thick , but its the ppl who cant
> understand it that r thick, they should learn to keep up and be taught
> wot it means, insted of creating a great big fuss and trying to stop
> ppl from writing wot feels most confortabal to them!
> V.

Is it a way to get more chavs passing exams? :-)

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Fuck off, cunt.
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V. don't let those idiots give you an excuse for being lazy. It is not
expectable to do the '2b' instead of 'to be' in anything other than text
messages. If you want to believe those people you are a lost cause V.
and are most likely looking for an easy way out. Don't be that way,
strive to be better each day.

To be honest with you V. most of your messages come across like they
were written by a child. I don't know how old you are but reading you
posts I would think you are about 7 or 8 years old. That is the quality
of your writing. I have a 6 year old cousin that is light years ahead of
you. I try not to criticize you but if you are older that 7 or 8 I would
think that maybe you are brain damaged or slightly retarded by the posts
you make. So if this is not the case please try to improve yourself it
will only benefit you in the long run.

I have to deal with my own issues when I write. Being mildly dexlexic
I struggle with spelling and grammar. I am at my worst when it comes to
numbers, even though I often get them jumbled in my head I was still
able to get through 3 semesters of college calculus. It was not uncommon
for me to get a wrong answer because for some reason my brain trys to
associate 3, 4 and 7 together. If an answer was 71 I might write 31. I
fought to overcome this and made it through my classes. It was hard but
in the end it was worth it. It might not be easy for you to improve your
writing but just like for me it will be worth it in the end.

Varizo.. wrote:

> It was on the radio in the week that exsaminers in skools hav got to
> acsept txt message replys , like if they had to say somthing like *to
> be or not to be* , the exsaminers would hav to acsept it as *2b or not
> 2b* and that the asnwer was still right. They hav realised at last that
> ppl who use txt words r not thick , but its the ppl who cant
> understand it that r thick, they should learn to keep up and be taught
> wot it means, insted of creating a great big fuss and trying to stop
> ppl from writing wot feels most confortabal to them!
> V.
>
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