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The text below was given to my pal's child for homework
I'm still working on the prize for spotting the, erm, error...!!

Complete these sentences:
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Many ______ ago, their lived a boy called Danny.

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Suzie

They got his name wrong. He is not "a boy called Danny" - he is simply known as "Danny Boy". Easy.

Next question please.

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There really is no hope is there!?!
The greengrocer's apostrophe is what really bugs me most though!
Schools just don't seem to care about grammar anymore, you will be able to get a GCSE using txt soon........

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Tx

well spotted Tall Lad - you get to give out the pens before Maths

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Suzie

Don't you mean bug's you?

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A simple dude trying to grow veg.

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AARRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!'s

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Tx

Yay!.......

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A simple dude trying to grow veg.

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It's not just schools who "don't care", it's the parents. It is becoming acceptable in general society to be unable to spell or string a properly punctuated sentence together, and if you criticise somebody's spelling, watch out! I'm not talking about dyslexia, just laziness/ignorance, ie not knowing the difference between whether/weather, sow/sew, way/weigh, right/write.

Written English is dying out. In a few generations, we will all be writing phonetically. Like I rite like i tork n it dunt mattr rite cuz u get me rite?

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~ What do I think of Western civilisation? I think it would be a very good idea ~ Gandhi

Once upon a time their were a couple of boy's and they new how to cheat at word's and they grew up to be teacher's

Thankfully, for my friend's child, she spotted it prior to the boy starting the homework - she saved him from such damage. However, as she said, she isn't in the classroom!

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Suzie

Why is the word that describes a difficulty with spelling so difficult to spell? It's a bit like having the letter "s" in the word "lisp". Or "lithp" as the case may be.

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A simple dude trying to grow veg.

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Unfortunately, I think that laziness/ignorance is being confused with dylexia more and more these days. Dyslexia is a real and difficult problem for some, but increasingly, it is being used as an excuse for the stupid and slack.

(runs and hides under table while people throw things)

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Tx

Tootles, can I hide under the table with you?

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~ What do I think of Western civilisation? I think it would be a very good idea ~ Gandhi

You two hide, I'll stand guard.

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A simple dude trying to grow veg.

http://haywayne.blogspot.com/ - Updated - 25th August

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Guilty as charged. I have a degree in English Lit and I am awful at spelling, always have been. But I can still spot the there, their, they're mistake in the above 'test'. How old is your mate's kid?

So if you are a teacher by profession you are not allowed to make a mistake?

You stand guard, they can hide. I'll throw the things back, after putting pointy objects on them!

They call me Linda Truss at work (or is it Lynda?!?). I kick myself repeatedly when I type a response and then spot mistakes after posting it.

The most amusing one recently was seeing a car with "Julies' Driving School" plastered all over it. A lot of Julies giving instruction? Or an exclusive school for those with a particular name?

That's terrible about the homework. Of course teachers can make mistakes, but homework sheets are normally planned in advance and such a mistake should be picked up in a quick proof-reading, shuddent it?

There is another error in that sentence.

It isn't:
Many ______ ago, their lived a boy called Danny.

It should be:
Many ______ ago, there lived a boy called Danny.

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So can we correct everyone's posts now??
There is someone one this forum with a whole business based on a spelling mistake - should we point it out? (tee hee)
(still hiding with two sheds and a lofty guard)

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Tx

Someone one? If someone one, surely someone has lost two?

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Opppppppppppppppps.
I could go back and correct that........................

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Tx

It has become quite ridiculous. The English language has changed unbelievably in the past few years. Spelling mistakes, even in official documents, have become quite common, but what really bugs me is the loss of perfectly good words. "Audience", as I knew it, was used when one was referring to listeners, which seems sensible when it comes from the Latin root "to hear". However now you even see "the mime show audience" and the "cricket audience". Bring back spectators, congregations, crowds, viewers, assemblies - I could go on. There are many others that make me cringe, such as "AMOUNT of people", but I'll stop here, as this is becoming a rant.

You are correct. The English language isn't quite what it used to be.
When I hear the way some children speak nowdays, it sounds like a differnent language alltogether.

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