English grammar
- Thread starter ronk
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init tho.
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However, this is I would suggest, NOT technically grammatically incorrect.
I suspect it is, but in explanation by way of example consider the following;
Tarquin, took to the courts to resolve an egregious issue regarding his silver pocket watch. infers an old-fashioned but still-used style of grammar. The only missing word from your example is 'the', which would still be acceptable as a news headline.
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However, this is I would suggest, NOT technically grammatically incorrect.
I suspect it is, but in explanation by way of example consider the following;
Tarquin, took to the courts to resolve an egregious issue regarding his silver pocket watch. infers an old-fashioned but still-used style of grammar. The only missing word from your example is 'the', which would still be acceptable as a news headline.
I'd say more a reflection of regional pronunciation - wrote how its said!
im struggling to see anything particularly wrong with it, if i'm honest...
Attleborough, Norfolk
enuff_zed said:Crazy Harry said:
Surely 'written how it's said'.
Sorry, that's the picky technical author in me. :roll:
:slaphead: - OMG go with the joke. Ernie Wise -the play what I wrote!!!
Ah, should it say 'taken to court' rather than "took to court'?
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Crazy Harry said:enuff_zed said:Crazy Harry said:
Surely 'written how it's said'.
Sorry, that's the picky technical author in me. :roll:
:slaphead: - OMG go with the joke. Ernie Wise -the play what I wrote!!!
Nope. Have to google that. You're obviously way older than me.
Most of those headlines can be read multiple ways - hence the outrage when it doesn't turn out the way you expect.
e.g.
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Does this mean they're being forced to go on-site, or that they're being forced to 'do something' on-site?
Are they telling you what they learnt about County Durham, or what they have learnt in general since the specific act of writing about County Durham?
john-e89 said:
That advert reads like it was written by a chinaman
Are sure it’s learnt and not learned?mmm-five said: