Grammar Discussions

[Hvr]

They certainly didn't prise a dictionary from the shelf!

 

[VPS]

Punctuation needed

 

[NM]

I love eating my kids and leaving out commas.

 

[TheRealTMA]

I love eating my kids and leaving out commas.

I love eating my kids and leaving spitting (?) out commas.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Staged on ABC.

David Tennant. “What’s the collective nouns for Garden Gnomes?”
Michael Sheen “A violation?”

David Tennant. “What’s the collective nouns for electronics into an extension lead?”
Michael Sheen “A gamble?”

 

[TheRealTMA]

Very good.

The art of English, according to Benjamin Dreyer - ABC Radio

Benjamin Dreyer has strong ideas about the English language, and how to transform books into the best possible versions of themselves. But he's not a member of the grammar police

www.abc.net.au

 

[Mattg]

Where should I declare that I belong?

 

[VPS]

The ABC have amended their story (another pet hate of mine is people who spell it ammend) Someone needs to know the difference between crocheted and crotched

Treasury gets the chocolates as gift registry exposed

Treasury staff must register all gifts received. Those over $100 go on the internet. Those below that value have been uncovered in FOI documents obtained by the ABC.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Buzzard]

The ABC have amended their story (another pet hate of mine is people who spell it ammend) Someone needs to know the difference between crocheted and crotched

Treasury gets the chocolates as gift registry exposed

Treasury staff must register all gifts received. Those over $100 go on the internet. Those below that value have been uncovered in FOI documents obtained by the ABC.

www.abc.net.au

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Who knows where those Slovenian lace doilies were kept.

 

[themaiz]

From Virgin's web portal:



Sure!! Let's change it to "Currently, you have no upcoming flights".

Is there a button that says "You've got mail"?

 

[themaiz]

Coming up this Saturday at ALDI:




Very tricky to interpret at speed. Am I about to buy a container

• last used to hold pet food?
• made from actual recycled pet food?
• made from recycled plastic? or, maybe even:
• that has been converted from a disused cat into a dog?

Yipes. I think I'll buy the induction cooker instead.

 

[Buzzard]

Coming up this Saturday at ALDI:

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Very tricky to interpret at speed. Am I about to buy a container

• last used to hold pet food?
• made from actual recycled pet food?
• made from recycled plastic? or, maybe even:
• that has been converted from a disused cat into a dog?

Yipes. I think I'll but the induction cooker instead.

I thought PET being in block letters made the description straight forward.
What was more confusing is what you're doing with the induction cooker.

 

[themaiz]

I thought PET being in block letters made the description straight forward.

Technically you'd be right, but the two other pedants in the household also thought it was confusing at a fast read. The copy-writer could easily have rearranged the word sequence to be unambiguous, and we thought that was amusing.

What was more confusing is what you're doing with the induction cooker.

The induction cooker is another item in this week's cattledog, being the intended purchase on Saturday. You just never know when someone might be induced to cook! [PS: on rereading, I found and fixed a typo in the last sentence of the original post. **sigh**].

 

[Flashback]

Passport Fees

So is AMEX allowed or not? Seems rather poorly worded. Given you can only submit the application by post (and not in person) I'm not sure why it says "Visa or MasterCard - AMEX only available if lodging by mail".

Does that mean you can do Visa, MC or AMEX? Although, given the fees are shown in AUD I'd better use a no-ForEx fees card anyway, which of course would not be an AMEX.

 

[Flashback]

Your incomplete applications will not be 'porcessed'.... until they are complete.

Passport Processing Times

I see issues with both the wording and the spelling there.

 

[Flashback]

Come on TCB, do better.

 

[VPS]

Aisle or Isle

 

[clifford]

Ah yes, I've read a couple of articles from this writer.

But I did go to a grammar school in the UK, so I would know about these kinds of things.

 

[RooFlyer]

Aisle or Isle

Neither - hasn't been since the UK entered the 'Common Market' (yes, that long ago!) and the locals pulled out most of the apple orchards.

 

[Mattg]

Anyone care to decipher what the 3 sentences at the bottom mean?