You are correct - I deserve to be flogged for that.StarPhoenix wrote:Should'n't that be "Either we, or the environment, are being manipulated" ? [Should I have put the question markEither we, or the environment, is being manipulated.
with the quotations marks?
What an oversight!!!! *hangs head in shame*
Correct me if I am wrong, but I do believe that the use of apostrophes in both instances of "it's" is inappropriateJammiBear wrote:Telkom is a world class telecommunications company which values all it's customers and provides excellent customer service at competitive prices.
It's victimization in the media and amongst a few disgruntled consumers is completely unfounded, and this recent litigation is both frivolous and petty.
I know just teasing the poor fellow 
. Maybe we should have a thread: "SMS Speak for the old" I could use that thread... I see what you did there.Anakha56 wrote:
/alright I am leaving this thread now, my Engrish is not as good as rustys and hamins so I am leaving...
Tribble wrote:Tar smells too bad - syrup would be better.
)Haha, received a letter from the company that does our HR stating what functions they expect me to carry out. The person whom typed it should be shot. Apparently I'm to discuss buying of "Consummer balls" with my employer.jamin_za wrote:I always make exceptions for people who speak English as a second language.Anthro wrote:I am shocked at the illiteracy of some people working in the 'professional' world.
There seems to be a bit of a double standard, especially with Afrikaans people as we expect them to be fully bi-lingual here in KZN, while we are a lot more tolerant of Zulu first language people...
I say if English is not your first language you are allowed to make a mess of it occasionally.
My tolerance is however limited to the spoken word.
When typing an email you have a spell checker which also polices your grammar, and if you are too lazy to use it to not look like an illiterate then I have little sympathy for you.
The editor wants it to be changed into 'despairing' and for some reason, I just find it completely...incorrect.The laboratory was located deep within the Sahara desert, several miles underground. Although a private firm, they experimented and developed on all things supernatural. It proved surprisingly lucrative.
He inserted the capsule with clammy hands, waiting with bated breath. A pale sky-blue gas poured into the chamber on the other side. Breathing a sigh of relief, he wiped the sweat from his brow with a stained handkerchief. It was ready.
Pulling the capsule out, he walked to one of the computers and began to enter the data.
“Hey, Terry,” one of his colleagues said in a hushed voice. “Just to warn you, Requis is coming again.”
Terry gave a despaired groan. “Is he bringing any of his other Demon-Hunters?”
“No, not that I know of. Just him.”
Or“Is he bringing any of his other Demon-Hunters?” groaned Terry, despairingly.
Terry groaned in despair, “Is he bringing any of his other Demon-Hunters?”
