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@Sgt Pepper wrote:
Now I’m just confused :?
Let’s talk about football.
Coventry 1-1 at the mo?
We’re winning 2-1.
@jen_jen wrote:
Sweet response but it doesn’t answer the question :wink:
Poor grammar does not arise form bad punctuation.
@jen_jen wrote:
If poor grammar arises from bad punctuation do you criticise the punctuation and ignore the grammar or point out both?
grammar and punctuation are separate and very different from each other (a bit like sgt and I).
Having ssid that, they do walk hand-in-hand and complement each other (also, a bit like sgt and I). :oops:@Sgt Pepper wrote:
it’s not grammar you are choosing to scrutinise here, it’s PUNCTUATION.
=D> Well spotted. :wink:
@rogue trader wrote:
yeh yeh yeh wotever,i thought i was on a chat site not university challenge.
Grammar is something you’re taught at a very early age. It’s hardly rocket science.
@rogue trader wrote:
i just cant see what the big deal is,the point being ive read it and i got the gist,thats all i need to know,i dont go in to it like a cats behind,why do you feel the need to sit there like billy bookworm,oooh look at him/her there should have been a comma there
and omg they spelt that wrongget a life tel
saddo.
There is no ‘big deal’, but the fact that you’re turning it into one says more about you than I ever could. :wink:
Secondly, where is the semicolon? :shock:
How on earth was that missed out??
@mrs_teapot wrote:
Ok … lets be having the corrected version then.
Anyone notice I got Pete’s Teapot back :D
Well, the most glaring mistake is the use of an apostrophe. :roll:
@rogue trader wrote:
so what? who cares like?
If you don’t care then why bother posting on this thread? [-X
There are three errors.
Calling me ‘pedantic’ and ‘nit-picking’ is missing the point; like a school child questioning an English teacher about the need for grammar. Should we ignore grammar altogether and give in to (for instance) text speak?
