***Confirmed*** I am doomed (Correct Anders´ english week)

ghost_user_nameghost_user_name
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Yes its that time of the year. For the next week you are all to scrutinize every single post I make and correct even the smallest minimal spelling and grammatical error I make.



Please don´t correct me in the thread you find my post but transfer it to this one.

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  • Reply 1 of 12
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    [QUOTE][B]Yes its that time of the year.



    Yes it's that time of the year.



    Quote:

    For the next week you are all to scrutinize every single post I make and correct even the smallest minimal spelling and grammatical error I make.



    - Never start a sentence with a preposition.

    - Choose one of the "I make" phrases; together they are redundant.

    - "smallest minimal" is redundant.

    - "spelling or grammatical" not "spelling and grammatical"



  • Reply 2 of 12
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    I am volunteer to hijack this thread. If Anders is ok, feel free to do the same for me.

    But perhaps correcting my english, represant too much work ...
  • Reply 3 of 12
    alex londonalex london Posts: 613member
    A four minute wait for corrections seems a bit tardy.
  • Reply 4 of 12
    trumptmantrumptman Posts: 16,464member
    English in the thread title should be capitalized. It is a proper noun.



    Nick
  • Reply 5 of 12
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Powerdoc

    I am volunteer to hijack this thread. If Anders is ok, feel free to do the same for me.

    But perhaps correcting my english, represant too much work ...



    Replace 90% of your "he" and "she" with "it"
  • Reply 6 of 12
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders the White

    Replace 90% of your "he" and "she" with "it"



    You are right , i tend to forget that excepting boats (an old english tradition), inanimates objects are designed by it rather than he or she.

    write :

    Buy a mac, it's a nice computer

    rather than :

    buy a mac, she is a nice computer (but this lattest version is more sexy ... )
  • Reply 7 of 12
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Powerdoc

    ...lattest...



    A small cup of coffee with a lot of milk in it?



    Hehe
  • Reply 8 of 12
    alex londonalex london Posts: 613member
    Remembering the correct gender always used to trouble us English school boy types when learning Powerdocs belle langue, German I believe is even harder because of a third gender, neuter.
  • Reply 9 of 12
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders the White

    A small cup of coffee with a lot of milk in it?



    Hehe



    Sorry it's a spelling error , i meant Latex .Read : the latex version is more sexy
  • Reply 10 of 12
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    Using gender like that is fine, p-doc. Don't let THE MAN get you down.
  • Reply 11 of 12
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Alex London

    Remembering the correct gender always used to trouble us English school boy types when learning Powerdocs belle langue, German I believe is even harder because of a third gender, neuter.



    In danish we have neuter and common gender. Imagine how hard it was for me to try to pick french...
  • Reply 12 of 12
    alex londonalex london Posts: 613member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    Your just jealous of him.



    Ooh I've found one, quite fresh too. The correct word is "you're", meaning you are. Do I win a prize?
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