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


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    Suzie

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    Originally posted by piskieinboots View Post
    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:
    ...
    Many ______ ago, their lived a boy called Danny.


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

    Next question please.
    A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

    BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

    Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.


    What would Vedder do?

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    • #3
      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........
      Tx

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      • #4
        well spotted Tall Lad - you get to give out the pens before Maths
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        Suzie

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        • #5
          Originally posted by tootles View Post
          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........
          Don't you mean bug's you?
          A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

          BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

          Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.


          What would Vedder do?

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          • #6
            AARRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!'s
            Tx

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            • #7
              Originally posted by piskieinboots View Post
              well spotted Tall Lad - you get to give out the pens before Maths
              Yay!.......
              A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

              BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

              Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.


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              • #8
                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?
                All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                • #9
                  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

                  Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                  It's not just schools who "don't care", it's the parents
                  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!
                  Last edited by piskieinboots; 03-07-2008, 07:49 AM.
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                  Suzie

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                    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?
                    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.
                    A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

                    BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

                    Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.


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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                      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?
                      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)
                      Tx

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                      • #12
                        Tootles, can I hide under the table with you?
                        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                          Tootles, can I hide under the table with you?
                          You two hide, I'll stand guard.
                          A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

                          BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

                          Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.


                          What would Vedder do?

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                          • #14
                            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?
                            Happy Gardening!

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                            • #15
                              So if you are a teacher by profession you are not allowed to make a mistake?

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