ooh me next!

Irregardless: not a real word!

So where do you stand on "defrost"?

Don't have a problem with it, should I?

I stand on de frost very carefully and preferably holding on to something.

No, not that.

I was too quick for my own good there, Steve.

Oh dat frost.

I think it looks nice on trees.

SINGS:

"De frost time, hevah ah saww yo face..."

Groan.

Impact. As in "Did it impact you?" "he was impacted", rather than "Did it have an impact on you"

When I hear about someone being impacted I understand that they are constipated.

Er, I didnt say that Kate's posts weren't honest. I said that honesty by itself doesn't make good reading.

I'm not going back to read the responses, sometimes it takes a while to appreciate the good stuff. Like gin, smoked salmon, olives.

So to summarise, this time with detail and feeling. Spelling and grammar have a place in formal writing, where clarity is important. This is especially true in business, technical material, government documents etc etc. Big words don't always help.

Kate's posts illustrate that you can write, be interesting and amusing, and get your point across while using a very individual writing style. Creative I would call it.

I didn't say you did nor did i imply that. My first comment was just what it was, a follow up to what you had already said in Kate's defence......but you obviously needed to stretch it into something else.

Oh for goodness sake.

A prize example of how clarity matters in writing.

What a great thread - what a laugh - thanks everyone

Where as I love a party with a happy atmosphere.

Here it is Butch