Think we will learn a lot from that and good look to mr McGuire

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

New to it ! I'll figure it

Nice to hear you reply mr kozluk like your posts and sbt

Welcome aboard mate, you'll soon work out that the majority are on the wind up most of the time.

 

[Chali 2na]

[QUOTE="itsinyerblood, post
Can you explain your second point about drifting into journalism etc etc. I don't want to misinterpret what you've written so perhaps you could explain?[/QUOTE]

The proffesions I mentioned all rely on the English language to convey their ideas and arguably have the biggest impact on the future and direction of the language.

For this reason, I'm of the opinion that they should be held to the highest standard (teachers in particular) and frequent mistakes are unprofessional.

 

[SwissBlade]

Why didn't you go, Swiss? It was at Brammell Lane.

I thought it was at Bramhall so ended up near Stockport

 

[itsinyerblood]

[QUOTE="itsinyerblood, post
Can you explain your second point about drifting into journalism etc etc. I don't want to misinterpret what you've written so perhaps you could explain?

The proffesions I mentioned all rely on the English language to convey their ideas and arguably have the biggest impact on the future and direction of the language.

For this reason, I'm of the opinion that they should be held to the highest standard (teachers in particular) and frequent mistakes are unprofessional.[/QUOTE]

Fair point, and in the main I'd agree. One of my first jobs was working in an advertising agency. The chap who interviewed me asked about my syntax, to which I replied, "Uh?!?". That was probably the most helpful lesson I ever received where language was concerned. I set about understanding context, grammar, punctuation, and whatever else makes language valuable. Most people aren't that fortunate, so of course allowances need to be made.

I take a relatively relaxed view of how other's use words. Communication is about change, you only have to look at current vocabulary, where reduced construction of words and phrases has become commonplace. There's not much any of us can do to prevent this from happening, and perhaps we should adapt and change.......what matters is to make an effort to communicate clearly, the fact that it's not exactly precise or as we'd like something to read, well again, I'l do my best to meet someone half way if they do the same.

 

[Plan B]

Maguire, ffs. It literally takes 20 seconds to google it.

Same with "Sharpe" and "Brookes".

It's really not difficult to spell somebody's name correctly.

My favourite is Brook's

 

[Roygbiv]

But what about Tongue, McKavelli, Killgannon (why do we want to kill John Gannon?) and Atkins?

Killgannon my all time fave. I know of people who still to this day refer to him as "Killgannon" despite the fact there are four L's in his name. FOUR for crying out loud

 

[Sean Thornton]

Andy Grey up top.

We missed Leon Clark as well.

 

[Sean Thornton]

It's a forum. A written medium. It requires intelligible dialogue to function. It's not really the proper vehicle for the barely literate or those who have so little respect for their readership that they adopt an alternative language.

A little punctuation makes words easier on the eye. The basics are not difficult, though they may not yet have caught on in Plymouth.

wer u erd dis pal

 

[Sean Thornton]

[QUOTE="itsinyerblood, post
Can you explain your second point about drifting into journalism etc etc. I don't want to misinterpret what you've written so perhaps you could explain?

The proffesions I mentioned all rely on the English language to convey their ideas and arguably have the biggest impact on the future and direction of the language.

For this reason, I'm of the opinion that they should be held to the highest standard (teachers in particular) and frequent mistakes are unprofessional.[/QUOTE]


Proffesions?

 

[Chali 2na]

Proffesions?

How ironic and embarrassing

 

[Liaminho9]

I thought it was at Bramhall so ended up near Stockport

Side note - that's about 2 or 3 miles from where i live, so when people ask what i'm doing at the weekend, and i say "going to Bramall Lane" i often get puzzled looks!

 

[BushBlade]

The proffesions I mentioned all rely on the English language to convey their ideas and arguably have the biggest impact on the future and direction of the language.

For this reason, I'm of the opinion that they should be held to the highest standard (teachers in particular) and frequent mistakes are unprofessional.

Fair point, and in the main I'd agree. One of my first jobs was working in an advertising agency. The chap who interviewed me asked about my syntax, to which I replied, "Uh?!?". That was probably the most helpful lesson I ever received where language was concerned. I set about understanding context, grammar, punctuation, and whatever else makes language valuable. Most people aren't that fortunate, so of course allowances need to be made.

I take a relatively relaxed view of how other's use words. Communication is about change, you only have to look at current vocabulary, where reduced construction of words and phrases has become commonplace. There's not much any of us can do to prevent this from happening, and perhaps we should adapt and change.......what matters is to make an effort to communicate clearly, the fact that it's not exactly precise or as we'd like something to read, well again, I'l do my best to meet someone half way if they do the same.[/QUOTE]
Surely, if asked about syntax, the correct response is 'they'll tax anything these days'?

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

All this emphasis on spelling and grammar. Anyone would think we've been in the presence of Shakespeare.

Nice joke; but worth adding that the Shakespeare of the William variety was not good at spelling, but he wasn't a bad writer.

 

[RammyBlade]

All this emphasis on spelling and grammar. Anyone would think we've been in the presence of Shakespeare.

As you like it .........

 

[Bartleby]

How stupid do you have to be to spell Maguire wrong by the way?

I'm no angel, and make my fair share of spelling mistakes, but:

• He made 150+ appearances
• His name has been printed by countless newspapers all summer
• It's 7 letters long

Other than that, welcome to the board

Good look to the lad