Basic standards of grammar...
Or "blissful" for that matter! 
Isn't ignorance merely blithe?
Dec 27th 2009, 4:13 am
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Dec 27th 2009, 4:15 am
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Re: Basic standards of grammar...
Yes. On the Quantum Physics or Heart Surgery forums.
I rarely have difficulty in understanding posts on this forum - no more so than when I talk to people face to face. If they cannot communicate as well as you can then why does that matter?
I rarely have difficulty in understanding posts on this forum - no more so than when I talk to people face to face. If they cannot communicate as well as you can then why does that matter?
Dec 27th 2009, 4:18 am
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If you can't communicate in basic written form, then starting a new life in a country where they have difficulty understanding English that isn't of the Canadian dialect is going to be tough.
Dec 27th 2009, 4:24 am
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Dec 27th 2009, 4:26 am
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Re: Basic standards of grammar...
I finished my (university) education in 2000 - whilst I didn't take English past GCSE (1994), I would like to think I have a reasonable grasp on the language and find only very few words that I need the spell checker for. I wish the same could be said for many people allowed lose on t'internet....
Dec 27th 2009, 4:27 am
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Dec 27th 2009, 4:28 am
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Re: Basic standards of grammar...
But your complaint is not about dialectictic diference, it is about ignorance. Ignorance can be due to an inability - or simply that the person is not as skilled linguistically as the average person. That's just variety!
Dec 27th 2009, 4:30 am
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Don't the requirements for linguistics for admissibility to Canada (family category aside) require a reasonable level of English or French? It was my understanding that these tests are reasonably tough?
Dec 27th 2009, 4:32 am
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Re: Basic standards of grammar...
The problem with stating something categorically on t'internet is that some bugger will always look for a little tiny mistake so you can be tarred with the same brush!
Like Taffy said to Daffyd over a pint of Brains:
For 20 years I help old ladies across the street, and do they call me Taffy the helper of old ladies? No!
I shag one sheep, one mind! and it's Taffy the sheep shagger!
Not that everyone from Wales shags sheep of course!
Like Taffy said to Daffyd over a pint of Brains:
For 20 years I help old ladies across the street, and do they call me Taffy the helper of old ladies? No!
I shag one sheep, one mind! and it's Taffy the sheep shagger!
Not that everyone from Wales shags sheep of course!
Dec 27th 2009, 4:35 am
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This was the only image without a quote with profanity, but I'm sure most people will know what it is....
Dec 27th 2009, 4:37 am
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OK OK I give in, take my sheep, but spare me!