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Originally posted by CharlotteSometimes
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Originally posted by spacebandit
It's not a suggestion, it is a hard fact.
How many times have you seen "of" used instead on "have" ?
Young people cannot spell, I do not mean the odd typo, everyone does that I mean a fundamental inability to spell correctly and to construct proper sentences.
I do not blame them, I blame our education system, it has been tinkered with over the years, but only to the point where it is the equivalent to using an elastoplast on a brain tumour.
A complete overhaul is needed, I mean no-one any offense over this - but there is such a large proportion of the under 25's who lack basic literacy and numeracy skills that it is shocking.
Qualifications are no longer worth what they were twenty years ago, ask any employer....
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Oh dear.
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Oh dear - what was that you stated in another thread ?
Oh yes...
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Originally posted by CharlotteSometimes
Such maturity. I bet your dad's bigger than his, too.
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the funniest part ?, you needed to use a spell checker for the punctuation,
But its not just the punctuation you needed a spellchecker for is it ?
In the context - I don't miss a trick.
You see "elastoplast" is a trade name and probably wouldn't show up on a spellchecker
http://www.elastoplast.co.uk/
and - "offense" is an accepted variant of "offence", though you didn't know that...
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Main Entry: of·fense
Variant(s): or of·fence /&-'fen(t)s, especially for 3 'ä-"fen(t)s, 'o-/
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin offensa, from feminine of offensus, past participle of offendere
1 a obsolete : an act of stumbling b archaic : a cause or occasion of sin : STUMBLING BLOCK
2 : something that outrages the moral or physical senses
3 a : the act of attacking : ASSAULT b : the means or method of attacking or of attempting to score c : the offensive team or members of a team playing offensive positions d : scoring ability
4 a : the act of displeasing or affronting b : the state of being insulted or morally outraged <takes offense at the slightest criticism>
5 a : a breach of a moral or social code : SIN, MISDEED b : an infraction of law; especially : MISDEMEANOR ....
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Those pesky spellcheckers - damn their regional specifics
Thought for the day :
When you are part of a little plot against someone - try and keep it a tiny bit more secret