BROUGHT???
30 April 2012, 10:10 AM
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If you lot think it's depressing to see these kind of errors being made on a car forum, imagine how university lecturers feel when they see the same, if not worse, errors being made in undergraduate submissions!
30 April 2012, 10:15 AM
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I can fully understand people getting annoyed at text talk as it is hard to understand.
But if somebody makes the odd spelling mistake I dont see the harm in it as it is not been done to offend anybody.
Not everyone has excellent spelling skills and if they are trying their best to spell well at least they are trying.
But if somebody makes the odd spelling mistake I dont see the harm in it as it is not been done to offend anybody.
Not everyone has excellent spelling skills and if they are trying their best to spell well at least they are trying.
I expect most browsers offer this support now.
30 April 2012, 10:20 AM
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I didnt know google chrome could do that so I will be installing it later on today.
I use firefox at the moment and it does not spell check for me but it might be that I dont know how to activate it.
30 April 2012, 10:34 AM
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and I type it into google and it gives me the correct spelling but if I can get the spell checker work it will save me a bit of time when posting.
30 April 2012, 10:35 AM
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30 April 2012, 11:24 AM
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Suggesting a spell checker for brought vs bought won't work as they are both correctly spelt words - same as lose vs loose.
Some of us will remember the Grand Master, de Banke, and his use of "bare" and "bear". "Bare with me" always made me smile.
I have a spell check on my Google toolbar although it will try to Americanise English words.
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Some of us will remember the Grand Master, de Banke, and his use of "bare" and "bear". "Bare with me" always made me smile.
I have a spell check on my Google toolbar although it will try to Americanise English words.
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30 April 2012, 11:35 AM
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As long as a post isn't fully written I can almost ignore the txt speak but as per my other post on this thread, going into General and finding someone asking about brakes or similar is impossible to ignore!
30 April 2012, 12:04 PM
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30 April 2012, 12:17 PM
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Ah the brought vs bought saga
My wife and I have a groundhog day once a month, it goes like this
Wife: "I brought a new pair of shoes today!"
Me: "Where did you bring them from?"
Wife "**** off"
My wife and I have a groundhog day once a month, it goes like this
Wife: "I brought a new pair of shoes today!"
Me: "Where did you bring them from?"
Wife "**** off"
30 April 2012, 12:24 PM
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I hate this as well, they are two different words,
Bought = Purchased
Brought = Arrived with something
One letter different but a world of difference in meaning, I know language evolves but this is just wrong, no need for it to evolvem the existing meanings work fine if you care to use them as such, I think it is an affectation almost, like the immortal "Can I get" used in place of "Could I have", I went on a course and this chimp from Leicester latched onto me and he heard some London types using it, within two days he had started doing it.
Affect and Effect seem to be used interchangably as well.
My mothe in law makes little quips about my diction sometimes, I think it is slight disgust at me being a bit working class, I do make and effort but I will occasionally drop the odd H or say "Mate" to a mate when on the phone, I put up with it (doesnt happen that often nowadays) but she just makes words up, splices two together and gets it totally wrong sometimes but I never say anything, whats the point, as we know picking someone up on grammar genernally just makes you look a bit of a *****.
Bought = Purchased
Brought = Arrived with something
One letter different but a world of difference in meaning, I know language evolves but this is just wrong, no need for it to evolvem the existing meanings work fine if you care to use them as such, I think it is an affectation almost, like the immortal "Can I get" used in place of "Could I have", I went on a course and this chimp from Leicester latched onto me and he heard some London types using it, within two days he had started doing it.
Affect and Effect seem to be used interchangably as well.
My mothe in law makes little quips about my diction sometimes, I think it is slight disgust at me being a bit working class, I do make and effort but I will occasionally drop the odd H or say "Mate" to a mate when on the phone, I put up with it (doesnt happen that often nowadays) but she just makes words up, splices two together and gets it totally wrong sometimes but I never say anything, whats the point, as we know picking someone up on grammar genernally just makes you look a bit of a *****.
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30 April 2012, 01:31 PM
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It has got to the point now that if I see a post or thread on here and the OP or poster has not even bothered doing a spell check, no basic grasp of the English language and text speak, then I rarely bother with them.
And that is when I am in a good mood
And that is when I am in a good mood