Clubtheworld remedial English classes

[Pepsi]

Kether said:

I'll be quite willing to make this a free and bi-weekly event.

 

Prize of a free wimpy burger and shake to whoever comes top of the class.

 

Any takers?

 

Not everyone speaks with the same accent so I don't see why everyone sound have to spell properly either.

 

[Mr Happy]

Pepsi said:

Kether said:

I'll be quite willing to make this a free and bi-weekly event.

 

Prize of a free wimpy burger and shake to whoever comes top of the class.

 

Any takers?

 

Not everyone speaks with the same accent so I don't see why everyone sound have to spell properly either.

 

 

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[Capn Jack]

Pepsi said:

Kether said:

I'll be quite willing to make this a free and bi-weekly event.

 

Prize of a free wimpy burger and shake to whoever comes top of the class.

 

Any takers?

 

Not everyone speaks with the same accent so I don't see why everyone sound have to spell properly either.

 

 

Great this means I will no longer be able to understand people from, Liverpool, Newcastle, Glasgow, Birmingham, etc... if they don't bother spelling properly anymore.

[Ginge]

Cherry said:

I reckon your first lesson should include "you're" and "your" and which is which.

Are you gonna do lessons on when to use "may" and when to use "might"? Could do with learning that...

 

You're means "you are" as in you're driving me insane = you are driving me insane.

 

May and might...

May is sort of asking for/giving permission as in "May I go to the toilet Miss?"..."No, you may not"

 

Might is just a possibility. "I might give myself a bikini wax" and "You might be lucky enough win the lottery"

 

I think thats explained it enough. If not, just ask the substitute teacher, Mr Ginge.

[Maria]

[alasdairm]

Mr_Ginge said:

May and might...

May is sort of asking for/giving permission as in "May I go to the toilet Miss?"..."No, you may not"

 

Might is just a possibility. "I might give myself a bikini wax" and "You might be lucky enough win the lottery"

 

that's kind of right but not really...

 

"may" is a verbal auxiliary which means "to have the ability to". as in, "you may go now". it can also be reversed to take the form of a question "may i go now?"

 

might is simply the past form of may - using the same example: "he might have gone". it also functions as the future conditional "he might be there if..."

 

from looking at the strict definitions of these words, it's clear they've become misused greatly and are now often used interchangeably.

 

i think english is a beautiful language and it seems mildly amusing how many people, especially online, give others grief for asking people to simply use it right...

 

"you're" and "your" are two very obvious candidates but also:

 

"they're", "their" and "there"

"to", "too" and "two"

"its" and "it's"

 

it's also amazing how many people don't know how to use an apostrophe properly...

 

alasdair

[Claire DC]

alasdairm said:

 

it's also amazing how many people don't know how to use an apostrophe properly...

 

 

Or maybe they just can't be arsed to type it in... i am guilty of this myself

[FredTheBaddie]

Don't expect anyone to be arsed to read what you've written or reply to it then.

[Mr Happy]

FredTheBaddie said:

Don't expect anyone to be arsed to read what you've written or reply to it then.

 

ray - this is claire we're on about. we would just ignore her if she did spell properly

[Claire DC]

FredTheBaddie said:

Don't expect anyone to be arsed to read what you've written or reply to it then.

 

To be fair, it's not like i dont miss them out all the time.. just every now and then and i think my posts are a lot more legible than say Jodies or Mr Happys and the like!!

[Mr Happy]

Claire DC said:

FredTheBaddie said:

Don't expect anyone to be arsed to read what you've written or reply to it then.

 

To be fair, it's not like i dont miss them out all the time.. just every now and then and i think my posts are a lot more legible than say Jodies or Mr Happys and the like!!

 

my posts r legible. u just cant read

[danniekavanagh]

So.. What about people that use numer5 and l3tter5 n stuff for their p0sts l1ke they r typing on their'e mobile phuk1n' phon3s n stuff

 

Drives me crazy that. - so doe's reeely k'rap spelling etc.

 

My head hurts.

[Mr Happy]

DannieKavanagh said:

So.. What about people that use numer5 and l3tter5 n stuff for their p0sts l1ke they r typing on their'e mobile phuk1n' phon3s n stuff

 

Drives me crazy that. - so doe's reeely k'rap spelling etc.

 

My head hurts.

 

hehehe

[Kether]

This was a serious event suggestion, I want to put back into the site and the thread gets moved to Random.

 

Frankly, I'm hurt that my ideas are being so obviously dismissed by the moderators of this site.

 

[Mr Happy]

true geniuses are never appreciated until they're dead.

 

lets just hope ctw don't leave it that long for your sake

Edited September 30, 2003 by Mr_Happy