Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling
Apr 8th 2010, 3:54 pm
#31
I have a comma problem
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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling
Sorry - just having a laugh, couldn't resist it
Mathematically, of course, a double negative is of no consequence. Multiply -1 by 2 and you get -2, still negative
. And two negatives can make a positive but I won't go down that road.I'll go away now . . .
Apr 8th 2010, 3:57 pm
#32
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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling
But it's clearly not true. Because you are giving advice. And then saying, btw, I'm not giving advice.
Apr 8th 2010, 3:59 pm
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Apr 8th 2010, 4:10 pm
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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling
One that bugs me is sell/sale. As in "For Sell..." and "I want to sale...".
Apr 8th 2010, 4:23 pm
#35
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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling
Although, as I remember, things weren't much better in the UK either. But then, that's Belfast for ya
Apr 8th 2010, 5:40 pm
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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling
My first few assignments as a masters student came back covered in red "Engish corrections", which was tough for me to take (as a former teacher of English), but then I got over it and simply conformed.
It makes more sense to conform with US written English than US spoken English (because the former has clear rules of what is correct/incorrect, whereas the latter has more room for variability in terms of what is acceptable).
It makes more sense to conform with US written English than US spoken English (because the former has clear rules of what is correct/incorrect, whereas the latter has more room for variability in terms of what is acceptable).
On a sort of related note, when back in the UK recently I couldn't believe the amount of "innit"'s I heard after every sentence
Apr 8th 2010, 5:46 pm
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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling
One very prevalent misspelling is "tator tots" instead of "tater tots"
Apr 8th 2010, 6:12 pm
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Apr 8th 2010, 6:26 pm
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Apr 8th 2010, 6:31 pm
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Apr 8th 2010, 8:12 pm
#45
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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling
So you are intending to give advice. Here double negatives make a positive.