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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 03:05 PM
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yeah... the diminished standards in the education system.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 03:14 PM
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You guys want to read a great thread on FTE from 2-3 years ago ?
 
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Mil1ion
Ben got a pay cheque and not a pay check I gather..thus his hostility toward the proper "English" language
Dennis, my mistake.

Canadian English derived from British, not French, as I posted earlier.

cheque (chk)
n. Chiefly British
Variant of check.

Either way, I prefer/want a check/cheque that will be honored, and won't (will not) be returned due to NFS; Non-Sufficient Funds; (bounced check/cheque).
 
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Mil1ion
You guys want to read a great thread on FTE from 2-3 years ago ?
What is this, a teaser question?

Of course we do.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 05:14 PM
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Enjoy.

Make sure you read every post as there will be a quiz at the end.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/2...-the-most.html
 
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Mil1ion
You guys want to read a great thread on FTE from 2-3 years ago ?
If I have to read it, no. Now if you are going to read it to me, then yes.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 05:38 PM
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most of the time, I type fast , so I mispell stuff.

what irritates me is when someone types "person that" instead of person who" and very few people seem to use lose and loose correctly....
 
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Mil1ion
Enjoy.

Make sure you read every post as there will be a quiz at the end.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/2...-the-most.html
http://www.politicsforum.org/images/flame_warriors/flame_40.php
 
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 06:25 PM
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Hahahahahahahahahahahaha ha .

Too funny ken.

Good one !

Hate to know a guy with a good memory ?
 
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 01:20 AM
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I do try to use proper grammar while typing my comments, answers, or questions in the different forums I visit. It is so easy for your mind to race ahead of your fingers while typing out what you want to say. This despite having taken secretarial classes in High School and College in those years "Mad Men" is set into. Then making the mistake of forgetting to proofread the message before clicking the "post reply" button.

Uh oh!
 
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by sierraben
Here's a good example of failed proof reading.

http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/09/09/758898.html&cvqh=itn_whale

Read the caption under the picture.
That done be funny.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 12:19 PM
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Is to allow the reader to think like in the past tense like the whale is now dead?

Any fourm of the verb showing time of action or state of being like present, past, future, perfect, past perfect, and future perfect.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 12:58 PM
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I think it's obvious...the whale was swims. How much clearer does it have to be?
 
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 01:14 PM
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I know, I know.

The best one was on KRON channel 4 TV news about 2 years ago when the sports caster was talking about a baseball player that had swelled disks in his back.

He stated "it must be hard to run around the bases with a swelled dick".

The wife and I looked at each other and started laughing, both couldn't believe what he said.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 03:47 PM
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Bet the engineers in the controll room could`nt either.Hehehehe.

Leo
 
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