If you would be so kind as to refresh my memory, who is this mysterious Marcus999?
Marcus999 was a random Newbie I highlighted some time ago in an attempt to suggest iMutual should have a policy of keeping in contact with new members as well as attempting to find additional new members. It seems to have failed as it fell on management's deaf ear (maybe)...AAAlphaThunder wrote: ↑Tue May 12 2020 8:09amIf you would be so kind as to refresh my memory, who is this mysterious Marcus999?
Could you not misuse the apostrophe like that.blythburgh wrote: ↑Tue May 12 2020 9:23amAnd could you please change the title to Marcus' as I can be a tad pedantic at times and it is annoying me
blythburgh wrote: ↑Wed May 13 2020 10:48amI am as guilty as almost everyone at mangling the language written and spoken but it bugs me as does the grammatical errors in my Ruth Rendell ebook. Very much doubt that is her fault though. Books and ebooks go through many hands from writer to page
There are many errors, so the plural is appropriate.As do the errors.
Find yourself hobby to keep you occupied.Chadwick wrote: ↑Wed May 13 2020 11:53amblythburgh wrote: ↑Wed May 13 2020 10:48amI am as guilty as almost everyone at mangling the language written and spoken but it bugs me as does the grammatical errors in my Ruth Rendell ebook. Very much doubt that is her fault though. Books and ebooks go through many hands from writer to pageThere are many errors, so the plural is appropriate.As do the errors.
I will grant you some leeway though, as you were referring to errors as a single entity, not each error separately. But grammatically, that would require some form of group noun (eg. the litany of errors).
No doubt someone will seek to pick up on my use of 'but' at the beginning of the previous sentence. To which I counter that it is not a rule of grammar, but a guide to clear expression; hence its use in schools as a learning aid. When you can make yourself clear it is perfectly acceptable to start a sentence with 'but', and also end a sentence with a preposition.
All this pendantry and the 'misuse' of grammar is also indicative of the changing nature of language. Words, sentence structure and grammar are constantly shifting. What was correct usage one year can gradually become archaic or assume another meaning ('gay' is the usual example). So, I expect anyone looking back at this lockdown time-wasting ramble of a post in a few decades will wonder what on earth I was on about.
A hobby. Find yourself a hobby.
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