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Is it just me or are education standards in the UK falling further.
If you could barely type coherrant English sentences and were quite wealthy would you invest your hard earned cash on English lessons? Or at least buy a device with a spellchecker or auto correct? Happy New Year
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Is it just me or are education standards in the UK falling further.
If you could barely type coherrant English sentences and were quite wealthy would you invest your hard earned cash on English lessons? Or at least buy a device with a spellchecker or auto correct?
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I take it you don't have one then?
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People always set themselves up for a fall with threads like this.
![]() And to broaden the appeal of this thread, I would claim that S's is correct but that CD's is wrong - it should be CDs. |
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Is it just me or are education standards in the UK falling further.
If you could barely type coherrant English sentences and were quite wealthy would you invest your hard earned cash on English lessons? Or at least buy a device with a spellchecker or auto correct? Happy New Year ![]() |
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I dont think it's any worse than ever we just get to see so much more of it.
I would of defiantly said its nothing knew. |
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Very true. My number one rule when ranting about spelling is to ensure that both of the S's are present in 'misspelled'.
![]() And to broaden the appeal of this thread, I would claim that S's is correct but that CD's is wrong - it should be CDs. |
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I dont think it's any worse than ever we just get to see so much more of it.
I would of defiantly said its nothing knew. ![]() ![]()
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I dont think it's any worse than ever we just get to see so much more of it.
I would of defiantly said its nothing knew.
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doesn't matter when it's typed
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If you could barely type coherrant English sentences and were quite wealthy would you invest your hard earned cash on English lessons?
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This is one of the biggest LOL threads I've read for a long time
The OP post, serious lol and I bet you that the poster will now try and play along with its mistakes and pretend they were done on purpose - a seriously embarrassing and pointless thread IMO Can we safely assume that the OP will ask DS to have its own thread removed! HNY ![]()
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This is one of the biggest LOL threads I've read for a long time
The OP post, serious lol and I bet you that the poster will now try and play along with its mistakes and pretend they were done on purpose - a seriously embarrassing and pointless thread IMO Can we safely assume that the OP will ask DS to have its own thread removed! HNY ![]() ![]() |
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This is one of the biggest LOL threads I've read for a long time
The OP post, serious lol and I bet you that the poster will now try and play along with its mistakes and pretend they were done on purpose - a seriously embarrassing and pointless thread IMO Can we safely assume that the OP will ask DS to have its own thread removed! HNY ![]() ![]() I much prefer this one to any of yours.
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I take it you don't have one then?
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I assumed that typo was intentional as a dig at other posters. Was it not?
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This is one of the biggest LOL threads I've read for a long time
The OP post, serious lol and I bet you that the poster will now try and play along with its mistakes and pretend they were done on purpose - a seriously embarrassing and pointless thread IMO Can we safely assume that the OP will ask DS to have its own thread removed! HNY ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() HNY
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As long as the message is easily understandable then what's the big problem?
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As long as the message is easily understandable then what's the big problem?
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As long as the message is easily understandable then what's the big problem?
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As long as the message is easily understandable then what's the big problem?
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Because often it isn't as is evidenced by the many misunderstandings that blow up on these forums.
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Is it just me or are education standards in the UK falling further.
If you could barely type coherrant English sentences and were quite wealthy would you invest your hard earned cash on English lessons? Or at least buy a device with a spellchecker or auto correct? Happy New Year ![]() And I make no claims to be a master of English, there is probably some errorz in what I just posted. |
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