I Value Correct Spelling And Grammar

Glory Bee said:
Even though I appreciate what you are saying I personally do not think it is good to make others feel less intelligent. Live and let live is my motto. Not everyone might have had the same education that you did. I think compassion, being sincere and kindness is more important. But what do I know.
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It is not my intention to renounce anyone. I am simply writing this for educational purposes. In a light hearted manner 🙂
win231 said:
B-B-But can you write a few word in French?
win231 said:
B-B-But can you write a few words in French?
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Nope :(😀
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I mean no offense to anyone. There is so much going on this planet right now that proper grammar and spelling are the least of my worries. If I can understand what another person is trying to communicate to me then all is well. Writing academic, scientific and technical papers/data is different it has to be correct or you will get an F. It is JMO but I firmly believe in not sweating the small stuff and keeping things simple..........💡.......... ;)
 
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Gary O' said:
Can't be too anal about the English language.
It's a bastard of many mother tongues.
And evolves...

Spelling can be a poser at times

Take the word cognizant for example
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Yep. I would spell it cognisant with S pronounced 'ess' instead of Z (pronounced in OZ as 'zed')
Gary O' said:
Sure turned me around.
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Some people think we should get rid of apostrophes altogether.
I doubt it would make much difference to understanding because we have no difficulty sorting out the meaning in conversations when we cannot see where the little mark is located.
 
Bretrick, I must confess that when I see an apostrophe used to show plural as in several of your examples, I do make a silent judgement about what kind of education the person writing it might have had.I console myself by imagining that they were trying to do what they thought was the right thing. And some folks here are inclined to take things personally instead of leaving some things at arms length on the academic or theoretical level that was intended.
 
Geezerette said:
Bretrick, I must confess that when I see an apostrophe used to show plural as in several of your examples, I do make a silent judgement about what kind of education the person writing it might have had.I console myself by imagining that they were trying to do what they thought was the right thing. And some folks here are inclined to take things personally instead of leaving some things at arms length on the academic or theoretical level that was intended.
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I understand what you are saying.
All is okay and I want to say so far I am enjoying my time here. A whole twenty hours to date.
 
Bretrick said:
As a Pedant I am easily riled by those in the community who have no idea about the correct use of Apostrophes.
Did they not learn about Apostrophes?
The rules concerning the use of apostrophes in written English are very simple:

They are used to denote a missing letter or letters, for example:
I can't instead of I cannot
I don't instead of I do not
it's instead of it is or it has

They are used to denote possession, for example:
the dog's bone
the company's logo
Jones's bakery (but Joneses' bakery if owned by more than one Jones)

Apostrophes are NEVER ever used to denote plurals! Common examples of such abuse are:
Banana's for sale which of course should read Bananas for sale
Menu's printed to order which should read Menus printed to order
1000's of bargains here! which should read 1000s of bargains here!
New CD's just in! which should read New CDs just in!

Let's raise the standard of written correspondence and show that we are all cognisant of the English Language. 🙂
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You shouldn't capitalize pedant or apostrophes. They are common rather than proper nouns. Similarly, it's the English language, not the English Language.

Sorry, but the tone of your post was so smug I just had to point that out.
 
Warrigal said:
Some people think we should get rid of apostrophes altogether.
I doubt it would make much difference to understanding because we have no difficulty sorting out the meaning in conversations when we cannot see where the little mark is located.
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Very true
Especially when corresponding with the younger (cell phone poking) folks.

But
I'm in favor of retaining what we can
Apostrophes have their place
...unless using single quote marks along with 'em.....he said..... 'it's' instead of its
 
Bretrick said:
As a Pedant I am easily riled by those in the community who have no idea about the correct use of Apostrophes.
Did they not learn about Apostrophes?

Let's raise the standard of written correspondence and show that we are all cognisant of the English Language. 🙂
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Why are pedant and apostrophes capitalized in your post? Is that based on an Australian syntax rule? :unsure:

And "cognisant" is spelled cognizant in the U.S. Perhaps another Australian peculiarity. :)
 
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