English grammar - I have to ask - using the word "of"

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Feb 1st 2008, 5:16 am

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Re: English grammar - I have to ask - using the word "of"

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Shouldn't that be a capital E

Shouldn't that end with a question mark?

Feb 1st 2008, 5:20 am

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Re: English grammar - I have to ask - using the word "of"

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Shouldn't that end with a question mark?

I thought you would be too busy playing with your thingy to notice

Feb 1st 2008, 5:29 am

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Re: English grammar - I have to ask - using the word "of"

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Originally Posted by YYZlover

Did you miss the part about me being dyslexic?

No, but I thought dyslexia meant that you saw words "differently" not that you confused their contexts.

I was only trying to be ironic in an non Alanis Morrissette sense and honestly didn't mean to offend

Apologies if I did

Feb 1st 2008, 5:31 am

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No, but I thought dyslexia meant that you saw words "differently" not that you confused their contexts.

Did you also miss the part which says YYZ is Swedish-Spanish?

Feb 1st 2008, 5:32 am

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Re: English grammar - I have to ask - using the word "of"

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I thought you would be too busy playing with your thingy to notice

But I am playing with my thingy!

Feb 1st 2008, 5:33 am

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Re: English grammar - I have to ask - using the word "of"

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Shouldn't that be a capital E

Pedant. (With a capital 'P')

Feb 1st 2008, 5:34 am

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Re: English grammar - I have to ask - using the word "of"

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Pedant. (With a capital 'P')

I used to have one of those but the wheel fell off

Feb 1st 2008, 5:34 am

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Re: English grammar - I have to ask - using the word "of"

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But I am playing with my thingy!

Well don't forget the heat warnings

Feb 1st 2008, 6:17 am

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Re: English grammar - I have to ask - using the word "of"

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Well don't forget the heat warnings

No, that turns out to be wrong. My thingy is way cool.

Feb 1st 2008, 9:24 am

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Re: English grammar - I have to ask - using the word "of"

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No, that turns out to be wrong. My thingy is way cool.

Here's a little something for you Novo. I trust you will find it all grammatically correct.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=tgqkzFnZRRo

Feb 1st 2008, 1:36 pm

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Re: English grammar - I have to ask - using the word "of"

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Originally Posted by Edna Bucket

Here's a little something for you Novo. I trust you will find it all grammatically correct.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=tgqkzFnZRRo

Perfectly correct, thank you. Is there an emoticon for "I have to admit that your sense of humour is too subtle for me"?

Feb 2nd 2008, 4:59 am

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Re: English grammar - I have to ask - using the word "of"

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Did you also miss the part which says YYZ is Swedish-Spanish?

Novocastrian, coming to my rescue.

As for the context of words, they are very clear in my head.

Something to wear
Where I am
The smell won't ware off.
Kitchen ware.

Ok, NOW, having listed them all I see my mistake.

Now, there are English words that sound exactly the same but spell differently and that is one of my biggest problems. So bare with me. The task is one I have to attack with the ferociousness of a bare but not one I will do bare naked.

See what I mean?

Feb 2nd 2008, 7:13 am

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Re: English grammar - I have to ask - using the word "of"

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Novocastrian, coming to my rescue.

You're welcome. But don't forget werewolf.

Feb 2nd 2008, 7:14 am

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Re: English grammar - I have to ask - using the word "of"

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You're welcome. But don't forget werewolf.

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Feb 2nd 2008, 8:46 am

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Re: English grammar - I have to ask - using the word "of"

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Check your K, YYZ.

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