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Anyone applying for a job, that made the slightest mistake in grammar, was the first to be eliminated. If they cannot organise a piece of paper what can they organise. It is a pity these standards were allowed to slip.

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Strange as it may seem I wonder about the grammar in this title:-

Even with grammatical spelt correctly, I wonder if that is a correct grammatical question, ignoring all else where is the question mark at the end of the sentence?
:p

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Do we really need to worry if one's grammar is not perfect. As a population we never read everything perfectly in a newspaper so why should one worry. :p

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Yes. As each generation is allowed to believe that it doesn't matter then how are we to produce further generations of children who can spell/punctuate properly?
One day there will be nobody left who knows the rules of the English language.:(

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Well thanks to chat rooms sms on mobiles etc then it will never be correct. Unless schools push English harder then we will have this problem for years to come.

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Very true. The education authorities should place much more importance on this than they currently do.

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Language changes over centuries -- as one who was compelled to translate Chaucer for A level -- I know how difficult it is to understand- try reading this
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Flee fro the prees and dwelle with sothfastnesse;

Suffyce unto thy thing, though it be small,

For hord hath hate, and climbing tickelnesse,

Prees hath envye, and wele blent overal.

Savour no more than thee bihove shal,

Reule wel thyself that other folk canst rede,

And trouthe thee shal delivere, it is no drede.



Tempest thee noght al croked to redresse

In trust of hir that turneth as a bal;

Gret reste stant in litel besinesse.

Be war therefore to sporne ayeyns an al,

Stryve not, as doth the crokke with the wal.

Daunte thyself, that dauntest otheres dede,

And trouthe thee shal delivere, it is no drede.



That thee is sente, receyve in buxumnesse;

The wrastling for this world axeth a fal.

Her is non hoom, her nis but wildernesse;

Forth, pilgrim, forth! Forth, beste out of thy stal!

Know thy countree, look up, thank God of al;

Hold the heye wey and lat thy ghost thee lede,

And trouthe thee shal delivere, it is no drede.


In this high speed, high tech age more people are communicating with each other and the language evolution seems to be happening faster.
I still get annoyed when I see misspelling and punctuation because I remember how much importance was put on it in my school days - ie it was 'drummed into me'

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Sorry Margaret but my brain aint working well enough to work on that lot. :o

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So it should be. It's a pity that standards are not as high today.

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The fact that these people will have A level English is very worrying. It just goes to show how little importance is placed on spelling and punctuation in the exams. Terrible.:(

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I understand what it should say and mean but as you say it could be taken the wrong way.

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That has extremely serious implications for Mr Smith. Best thing to do is not speak to the press. It shows that something as simple as statements pavement style can be dangerous.

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It was an ironic statement Less:rolleyes::p

And also Willow I love the book Eats Shoots and Leaves