Grammar and spelling

[blueether]

Youse crack me up

[blueether]

...

After all, Dr Seuss said "one fish, two fish" etc. and I don't think the species was relevant.

What Dr Seuss says, goes :dnc1:

If you dont ( ) care about the species then fish would be fine. If you are talking about species then things change.

[livingart]

umbrellas on a rainy day

[disgustipated]

you can be assured that people come to the fishroom to discuss fish, not potato chips, regardless of how they spell it. as long as it's obvious what someone is trying to say, then i don't care how they spell it. i wouldn't expect anybody to go out of their way to rectify something that is nothing but my own nit-picking.

[#!CrunchBang]

Relavent Image is relavent

[Ira]

you can be assured that people come to the fishroom to discuss fish, not potato chips, regardless of how they spell it. as long as it's obvious what someone is trying to say, then i don't care how they spell it. i wouldn't expect anybody to go out of their way to rectify something that is nothing but my own nit-picking.

And next, proper capitalization... :slfg:

[alanmin4304]

It is about communication, so if you understand the message then all is good.

[Jaide]

And next, proper capitalization... :slfg:

Capitalisation :ton:

[Ira]

Capitalisation :ton:

American spelling avoids -ise endings in words like organize, realize and recognize.[35] British spelling mostly uses -ise, while -ize is also used (organise / organize, realise / realize, recognise / recognize):[35] the ratio between -ise and -ize stands at 3:2 in the British National Corpus.[36]

Worldwide, -ize endings prevail in scientific writing and are commonly used by many international organizations, such as the International Organization for Standardization and the World Health Organization.

So, pbpbpbttt :ton:

[Jaide]

In NZ, it's "ise" so :ton: :ton: :ton:

[amtiskaw]

[critter_crazy]

I always try really hard to spell things correctly and use correct grammer.. However sadly spelling has never been my forte. I am probably guilty of refering to fry as bubbas at some early stage of fish keeping :gigl:

[livingart]

my grandma is spilling badly

[amtiskaw]

Is her bag leaking? :sick:

[livingart]

no she is very nice not a bag at all

[amtiskaw]

:slfg:

Actually, this forum is the only site where Firefox's spell checker doesn't seem to work - does anyone else have the same trouble? I'm running the NZ English dictionary 1.0.1

My grammar is usually good, but my spelling sucks big-time :facepalm:

[TenyTinyKaz]

What realy grates my goat - missuse of apostraphies :sage:

(yes my life is so perfect I have nothing better to complain about)

[blueether]

So lets get this back on topic to help our fellow forum members out.

mine looks almost died

The correct usage would be:

"mine looks to have almost died"

or

"mine looks almost dead"

[alanmin4304]

Go easy on Ira as english is his second language, american being the first (don't think he is in to eskimo).

[Caryl]

And then there is the misuse of foreign words - those who do not realise "voila!" is French and put either viola or wulla.

[livingart]

my goat was almost died from being greated by my voila

[Jaide]

I hate text speak, I don't understand it.

[amtiskaw]

my goat was almost died from being greated by my voila

That reminded me of this

[Ira]

And then there is the misuse of foreign words - those who do not realise "voila!" is French and put either viola or wulla.

Like using "Ect" in place of "etc." for Et Cetera which obviously is Latin.

[camtang]

It is only obvious if you are aware of it. I had no idea so it is not obvious to me