English Education
#1
English Education
Is the pits. I received two letters today from HMRC both had a spelling mistake, one also had a grammatical error. That makes them IT illiterate too in the days of spell checkers.
I just told my English wife one of the hens had karked it and she looked blank.
Just glad I was NZ educated :-)
I just told my English wife one of the hens had karked it and she looked blank.
Just glad I was NZ educated :-)
#2
Re: English Education
Is the pits. I received two letters today from HMRC both had a spelling mistake, one also had a grammatical error. That makes them IT illiterate too in the days of spell checkers.
I just told my English wife one of the hens had karked it and she looked blank.
Just glad I was NZ educated :-)
I just told my English wife one of the hens had karked it and she looked blank.
Just glad I was NZ educated :-)
People in glasshouses shouldn't throw stones.
#3
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Joined: Dec 2003
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Re: English Education
......and a comma after 'HMRC'.....I am so glad I was also educated in England.
#4
Re: English Education
Now should it be 'a' or 'an' NZ education (does one vocalise it in full when reading in which case the first or it sounds wrong).
#5
Re: English Education
I generally find that you are unsure of the grammar you should re-write the sentence. It's quicker and you'll probably get a cleaner result.
#8
Re: English Education
I left school 55 years ago in NZ (at the age of 14). Just imagine how good my English could have been if I had been educated in English schools till 18, I might not have been able to spell grammar :-)
#10
Re: English Education
Widely used - did you use Wiki to check it? It either derives from the call of the carrion crow or 'carcase' but strictly Australasian (to my surprise).
Last edited by Kotare; Mar 31st 2016 at 6:11 pm.
#12
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Re: English Education
As an old codger, I claim pedants' privilege... to draw a distinction between "glasshouses" and "glass houses". The residents of glasshouses are tomatoes, ordinarily; it is residents of glass houses who are commonly advised not to throw stones.