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Re: Hypothetical : ME/HORSE clash
« Reply #60 on: August 12, 2009, 16:07:27 PM »




Also, as someone who chastises people for their grammar and spelling, you get three black marks for "to be sat in front of thier pc"s"


Obviously you did not know I was dictating this to my PA, so I will forgive your impudence.



I will transfer two of the black marks to your PA for mistyping thier and pc"s, but the sat must be representative of your dictation, so one black mark is not absolved, unless their PAs put them in front of their PCs. One hundred times please - The imperfect of sit is sitting, not sat.


u left out a comma in PA"s


a comma?
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Re: Hypothetical : ME/HORSE clash
« Reply #61 on: August 12, 2009, 16:11:39 PM »



Also, as someone who chastises people for their grammar and spelling, you get three black marks for "to be sat in front of thier pc"s"


Obviously you did not know I was dictating this to my PA, so I will forgive your impudence.



I will transfer two of the black marks to your PA for mistyping thier and pc"s, but the sat must be representative of your dictation, so one black mark is not absolved, unless their PAs put them in front of their PCs. One hundred times please - The imperfect of sit is sitting, not sat.


My PA and I have discussed the matter and we are in agreement that the fault and cause of this incident rests with the forums she has to work on.

I think it is best described as a derivative of "Stockholm Syndrome".

The poor woman has had to decipher so many posts apparently written in English but which suggest from the grammar & spelling that the poster is still attending Primary school, that her own standards are being affected.

My PA is now on sabbatical for 2 weeks, I am now posting direct.
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Re: Hypothetical : ME/HORSE clash
« Reply #62 on: August 12, 2009, 16:17:42 PM »




Also, as someone who chastises people for their grammar and spelling, you get three black marks for "to be sat in front of thier pc"s"


Obviously you did not know I was dictating this to my PA, so I will forgive your impudence.



I will transfer two of the black marks to your PA for mistyping thier and pc"s, but the sat must be representative of your dictation, so one black mark is not absolved, unless their PAs put them in front of their PCs. One hundred times please - The imperfect of sit is sitting, not sat.


My PA and I have discussed the matter and we are in agreement that the fault and cause of this incident rests with the forums she has to work on.

I think it is best described as a derivative of "Stockholm Syndrome".

The poor woman has had to decipher so many posts apparently written in English but which suggest from the grammar & spelling that the poster is still attending Primary school, that her own standards are being affected.

My PA is now on sabbatical for 2 weeks, I am now posting direct.



This last sentence doesnt read very well. Overuse of the word now. Can anyone help?

What about "My PA is on sabatical for two weeks, I am now posting direct."
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Re: Hypothetical : ME/HORSE clash
« Reply #63 on: August 12, 2009, 16:18:08 PM »




Also, as someone who chastises people for their grammar and spelling, you get three black marks for "to be sat in front of thier pc"s"


Obviously you did not know I was dictating this to my PA, so I will forgive your impudence.



I will transfer two of the black marks to your PA for mistyping thier and pc"s, but the sat must be representative of your dictation, so one black mark is not absolved, unless their PAs put them in front of their PCs. One hundred times please - The imperfect of sit is sitting, not sat.


u left out a comma in PA"s


worst grammar-correcting post ever  ;D


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Re: Hypothetical : ME/HORSE clash
« Reply #64 on: August 12, 2009, 16:18:54 PM »
I"m going to take a wild guess here:

Everyone who thinks multitabling shouldn"t be allowed hasn"t got a seat in both events.

Everyone who thinks it should be allowed has got a seat in both events.

I personally have a seat in both events so I think multitabling is a good thing.

If I manage to play in both tournaments at the same time I will be pissed so my strategy will be non existent.

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Re: Hypothetical : ME/HORSE clash
« Reply #65 on: August 12, 2009, 16:19:23 PM »
Sigh.

An "Apostrophe", not a "Comma".

You see, standards ARE slipping.
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Re: Hypothetical : ME/HORSE clash
« Reply #66 on: August 12, 2009, 16:31:23 PM »
Ooooh the old with or without apostrophe debate, can"t wait ! ;)
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Re: Hypothetical : ME/HORSE clash
« Reply #67 on: August 12, 2009, 16:33:03 PM »

Ooooh the old with or without apostrophe debate, can"t wait ! ;)


I don"t think this one is actually that complicated :D

Let"s see what everyone else thinks first.
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Re: Hypothetical : ME/HORSE clash
« Reply #68 on: August 12, 2009, 16:33:29 PM »
Just to inform you, Victoria Coren generally sides with me in debates concerning this particular topic.

We do disagree at times regards certain aspects of poker however.
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Re: Hypothetical : ME/HORSE clash
« Reply #69 on: August 12, 2009, 16:35:39 PM »

Sigh.

An "Apostrophe", not a "Comma".

You see, standards ARE slipping.



It is an apostrophe, not a comma, but both are incorrect. PA"s is possessive, as in my PA"s typing error.
PAs is simply a plural. If you wish to be pedantic (and who doesn"t?), you could argue for abbreviation points after the P and the A, but the more informal PA is in common usage and reads better.



worst grammar-correcting post ever  ;D

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Re: Hypothetical : ME/HORSE clash
« Reply #70 on: August 12, 2009, 16:38:19 PM »


Sigh.

An "Apostrophe", not a "Comma".

You see, standards ARE slipping.



It is an apostrophe, not a comma, but both are incorrect. PA"s is possessive, as in my PA"s typing error.
PAs is simply a plural. If you wish to be pedantic (and who doesn"t?), you could argue for abbreviation points after the P and the A, but the more informal PA is in common usage and reads better.



worst grammar-correcting post ever  ;D

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You worded it better than I could - that"s why I didn"t even try and explain.
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Re: Hypothetical : ME/HORSE clash
« Reply #71 on: August 12, 2009, 16:41:16 PM »
I think that Claire was implying the correction was in itself incorrect?

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Re: Hypothetical : ME/HORSE clash
« Reply #72 on: August 12, 2009, 16:43:57 PM »

I"m going to take a wild guess here:

Everyone who thinks multitabling shouldn"t be allowed hasn"t got a seat in both events.

Everyone who thinks it should be allowed has got a seat in both events.

I personally have a seat in both events so I think multitabling is a good thing.

If I manage to play in both tournaments at the same time I will be pissed so my strategy will be non existent.


A most accurate assessment of the situation.

However, I only have a seat in the HORSE event and I"m quite happy for people to multi-table.
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Re: Hypothetical : ME/HORSE clash
« Reply #73 on: August 12, 2009, 16:46:11 PM »
Sigh.  That"s 5 minutes of my life I"ll never get back.  Cheers!

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Re: Hypothetical : ME/HORSE clash
« Reply #74 on: August 12, 2009, 16:48:21 PM »

Sigh.  That"s 5 minutes of my life I"ll never get back.  Cheers!


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