English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Yes doubling down is really one of the most annoying thing in recent broadcasts.
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There's a clickbait heading in the BBC England news page
Robber jailed for attacking girl, 13, over phone
Click the clickbait and it was a violent attack during a robbery involving the phone
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-n ... e-63677067
ie I misread "over the phone" to mean the suspect achieved a result during a phone call
Robber jailed for attacking girl, 13, over phone
Click the clickbait and it was a violent attack during a robbery involving the phone
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-n ... e-63677067
ie I misread "over the phone" to mean the suspect achieved a result during a phone call
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
When one of our children was little we had a washing shamine. I quite miss it.
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When our older daughter was little - she's 47 now - asked what our dog, "Sally" was doing, she was told, "She's investigating."
From then on, Sally was invergestinating!
From then on, Sally was invergestinating!
Mick F. Cornwall
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Like / sorta /you know / kinda / yer but-no but / umm...
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Ending a sentence in "though" in a certain way and stress.
Mick F. Cornwall
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Brickbats... Where does that come from!?
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Possessive apostrophes of plurals.
Ladies' shoes ........... for instance, boys' caps, or dogs' dinners?
Why don't people use the "S Apostrophe" these days?
Ladies' shoes ........... for instance, boys' caps, or dogs' dinners?
Why don't people use the "S Apostrophe" these days?
Mick F. Cornwall
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Perhaps they are George Bernard Shaw fans.
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
I know very little about George Bernard Shaw.
Did he not use possessive apostrophes of plurals?
Did he not use possessive apostrophes of plurals?
Mick F. Cornwall
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
He was well known for his aversion to apostrophes in all circumstances, arguing that they were a needless complication which most people usually used or failed to use incorrectly.
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When we were at skool, it was explained very clearly about the difference between ..........
The boys caps, the boy's caps, and the boys' caps.
First tells you nothing.
Second tells you that a single boy has more than one cap.
The third tells you that there is more than one boy, and they have a cap or more each.
The boys caps, the boy's caps, and the boys' caps.
First tells you nothing.
Second tells you that a single boy has more than one cap.
The third tells you that there is more than one boy, and they have a cap or more each.
Mick F. Cornwall
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Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
George Bernard Shaw was one of the most influential playwrights in the first half of the 20C. A gap in your schooling, perhaps.
Mick F wrote: ↑6 Dec 2022, 6:29pm When we were at skool, it was explained very clearly about the difference between ..........
The boys caps, the boy's caps, and the boys' caps.
First tells you nothing.
Second tells you that a single boy has more than one cap.
The third tells you that there is more than one boy, and they have a cap or more each.