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  1. 10th March 2008, 20:56 #41
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    Quote Originally Posted by Reynard
    Aaaah, brilliant! Great to see someone who is as pernickety about spelling and grammar as I am.
    Wouldn't it be grammatically more correct to say "Great to see someone who is as pernickety about spelling and grammar as I"?

    or even "Great to see someone who is as pernickety as I about spelling and grammar"?


    the 'am' being superfluous in either case



    Or is that now getting a tad too pedantic?
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  2. 10th March 2008, 23:31 #42
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Pits!
    Or is that now getting a tad too pedantic?
    Never start a sentence with a conjunction.
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  3. 11th March 2008, 06:06 #43
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  4. 11th March 2008, 17:40 #44
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  5. 11th March 2008, 21:53 #45
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sticker Rub
    Never start a sentence with a conjunction.
    who says?

    Ending sentences in prepositions however, that's a totally different matter, something I cannot put up with
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  6. 13th March 2008, 21:00 #46
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    Well, I appear to have killed this thread.........

    On which one shall I start now?
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  7. 13th March 2008, 21:37 #47
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    Quote Originally Posted by racing59
    For those who have spilling difficulty, read this:

    I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist andlsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by stlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
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  8. 13th March 2008, 21:39 #48
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    Quote Originally Posted by Glen 320
    How about the double zero "OO" Krispy Kreme car,mmm...doughnuts!
    I think you'll find that's Hmmm - donuts!
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