Is there no regard for grammar anymore?
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Just saw this article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7660640.stm
The quote reads: "It's a tough loss but I still felt I played good."
Can anyone spot the problem with that?
I'm sure I'm going to get replies telling me to get out more, but it seems to be happening more and more everywhere you go (especially on here!)
Tell me I'm not the only one!
The quote reads: "It's a tough loss but I still felt I played good."
Can anyone spot the problem with that?
I'm sure I'm going to get replies telling me to get out more, but it seems to be happening more and more everywhere you go (especially on here!)
Tell me I'm not the only one!
Mafioso said:
Just saw this article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7660640.stm
The quote reads: "It's a tough loss but I still felt I played good."
Can anyone spot the problem with that?
Yes, that's a quotation not a quote. The quote reads: "It's a tough loss but I still felt I played good."
Can anyone spot the problem with that?
Quotation = noun
Quote = verb
HTH
Your thread title is wrong. It has double negative therefore making its' meaning ambiguous.
6/10 see me.
A better title would have been 'Is there regard for grammar anymore?'
or 'Does grammar get no regard?'
Not sure I like the anymore tacked on the end either. To indicate time I would have used.
'Is there still any regard for grammar?'
6/10 see me.
A better title would have been 'Is there regard for grammar anymore?'
or 'Does grammar get no regard?'
Not sure I like the anymore tacked on the end either. To indicate time I would have used.
'Is there still any regard for grammar?'
king apostrophes 
mark69sheer said:
Your thread title is wrong. It has double negative therefore making its' meaning ambiguous.
6/10 see me.
A better title would have been 'Is there regard for grammar anymore?'
or 'Does grammar get no regard?'
Not sure I like the anymore tacked on the end either. To indicate time I would have used.
'Is there still any regard for grammar?'
0/10. See me. Fancy making an error in the act of correcting another's grammar.6/10 see me.
A better title would have been 'Is there regard for grammar anymore?'
or 'Does grammar get no regard?'
Not sure I like the anymore tacked on the end either. To indicate time I would have used.
'Is there still any regard for grammar?'
Budaholic said:
johnfm said:
0/10. See me. Fancy making an error in the act of correcting another's grammar.
Fancy making an error in the act of correcting anothers error in the act of correcting anothers grammar.An unnecessary apostrophe I think!
Bud
Budaholic said:
johnfm said:
0/10. See me. Fancy making an error in the act of correcting another's grammar.
Fancy making an error in the act of correcting anothers error in the act of correcting anothers grammar.An unnecessary apostrophe I think!
Bud
As far as grammar applies to Pistonheads
Perhaps the problem is in the quasi-informal nature of internet forums.
Oftern posters like to use a style that is akin to the spoken word as opposed the written in word. This must lead to grammatical inconsistencies that rankle some the purists amongst us.
However as there are no formal rules applicable to forums we must be watchful that standards do not drop significantly beyond previously accepted levels of good grammar. The consequences of winch would result in the loss of the mass apple of PH. Leaving just a few posters talking utter gibberish.
Perhaps the problem is in the quasi-informal nature of internet forums.
Oftern posters like to use a style that is akin to the spoken word as opposed the written in word. This must lead to grammatical inconsistencies that rankle some the purists amongst us.
However as there are no formal rules applicable to forums we must be watchful that standards do not drop significantly beyond previously accepted levels of good grammar. The consequences of winch would result in the loss of the mass apple of PH. Leaving just a few posters talking utter gibberish.
colonel c said:
As far as grammar applies to Pistonheads
Perhaps the problem is in the quasi-informal nature of internet forums.
Oftern posters like to use a style that is akin to the spoken word as opposed the written in word. This must lead to grammatical inconsistencies that rankle some the purists amongst us.
However as there are no formal rules applicable to forums we must be watchful that standards do not drop significantly beyond previously accepted levels of good grammar. The consequences of winch would result in the loss of the mass apple of PH. Leaving just a few posters talking utter gibberish.
Leading from the front then, eh?Perhaps the problem is in the quasi-informal nature of internet forums.
Oftern posters like to use a style that is akin to the spoken word as opposed the written in word. This must lead to grammatical inconsistencies that rankle some the purists amongst us.
However as there are no formal rules applicable to forums we must be watchful that standards do not drop significantly beyond previously accepted levels of good grammar. The consequences of winch would result in the loss of the mass apple of PH. Leaving just a few posters talking utter gibberish.
V8mate said:
colonel c said:
As far as grammar applies to Pistonheads
Perhaps the problem is in the quasi-informal nature of internet forums.
Oftern posters like to use a style that is akin to the spoken word as opposed the written in word. This must lead to grammatical inconsistencies that rankle some the purists amongst us.
However as there are no formal rules applicable to forums we must be watchful that standards do not drop significantly beyond previously accepted levels of good grammar. The consequences of winch would result in the loss of the mass apple of PH. Leaving just a few posters talking utter gibberish.
Leading from the front then, eh?Perhaps the problem is in the quasi-informal nature of internet forums.
Oftern posters like to use a style that is akin to the spoken word as opposed the written in word. This must lead to grammatical inconsistencies that rankle some the purists amongst us.
However as there are no formal rules applicable to forums we must be watchful that standards do not drop significantly beyond previously accepted levels of good grammar. The consequences of winch would result in the loss of the mass apple of PH. Leaving just a few posters talking utter gibberish.
chr15b said:
mark69sheer said:
Your thread title is wrong. It has double negative therefore making its' meaning ambiguous.
6/10 see me.
A better title would have been 'Is there regard for grammar anymore?'
or 'Does grammar get no regard?'
Not sure I like the anymore tacked on the end either. To indicate time I would have used.
'Is there still any regard for grammar?'
What belongs to 'it'?6/10 see me.
A better title would have been 'Is there regard for grammar anymore?'
or 'Does grammar get no regard?'
Not sure I like the anymore tacked on the end either. To indicate time I would have used.
'Is there still any regard for grammar?'
but that still doesn't mean it should have an apostrophe
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