The confusions section of this is good
I have a chap who cannot write in EnglishYour/you're, there/their/they're, effect/affect etc.
He needs to learn, because he writes documents, and he accepts that he has missed out on learning this and asked for tuition.
Anyone know of any lesson plans which cover all the common mistakes (advice/advise, practise/practice etc) rather than my having to make one?
He needs to learn, because he writes documents, and he accepts that he has missed out on learning this and asked for tuition.
Anyone know of any lesson plans which cover all the common mistakes (advice/advise, practise/practice etc) rather than my having to make one?
The confusions section of this is good Yeah, I looked at that.I might have to make something up.
Our training dept have nothing - it's an unusual request in a media agency.
Our training dept have nothing - it's an unusual request in a media agency.
yestell him tell him tell him to post on the pedantic internet place, I dunno, the guardian or something.
sorry, this crap is making me scatty
sorry, this crap is making me scatty
That there is not proper words.
Look at the English as a Foreign language stuff (Tefl).Seriously, thats one of the things they focus on.
I am trying to find their lesson plans now.I was going to write that I am trying to find they're lesson plans now, but I couldn't do it.
: ) fire himfor being a retard
No.He's fat and cuddly.
tie him upand bugger him with an umbrella
Hiring someone to write documents who lacks basic English seems a trifle daft
We hired a journalist from the FT to do some stuff hereHis grasp of English was execrable
thats what subs are for*looks round for Dave to start moaning about journos*
His job is technicalbut he writes stuff up.
I, without failget affect/effect wrong every single time and I'm past the point attempting to rectify the situation.
I sometimes make that mistakeI don't make any of the other mistakes but I wrote a document recently where I got the words peek and peak muddled up. It would have been OK if the documents wasn't about me peaking at peeks, or was it the other way around?
I think I have a problem with remembering binary logic i.e. where one instance of a word means on thing and the other means another.
I think I have a problem with remembering binary logic i.e. where one instance of a word means on thing and the other means another.
i read a good one about that.that i find usefull.
effect is a noun
affect is a verb.
or is it the other way round?
effect is a noun
affect is a verb.
or is it the other way round?
...Affect is a verb, although very rarely it can be used as a noun. Effect can be a verb or a noun.
Effect (noun): a thing that has happened.
"Seeing live worms in his dinner has such an effect on Brian!"
Effect (verb): to bring about change.
"We will effect changes to the school uniform from next term."
Affect (verb): to produce an effect on.
"Rachael shaving her head didn't affect the way Gabriel felt about her."
Effect (noun): a thing that has happened.
"Seeing live worms in his dinner has such an effect on Brian!"
Effect (verb): to bring about change.
"We will effect changes to the school uniform from next term."
Affect (verb): to produce an effect on.
"Rachael shaving her head didn't affect the way Gabriel felt about her."
Racheal is a dyke ?...
todger dodgerthat is to say a woman with very comfortable shoes
a woman on a quest to find the furry grail a clam slammer Placing the effect pedals in a different ordercan affect the effect of the effects
It all becomes clear now. so rule of thumbeffect is a noun except when you are talking like a twat.
effect is a verb when you are talking like a twat90% of the time you can use a better verb like "make"
"We will implement changes to the school uniform from next term."
"We will make changes to the school uniform from next term."
"We will change the school uniform from next term."
etc...
"We will implement changes to the school uniform from next term."
"We will make changes to the school uniform from next term."
"We will change the school uniform from next term."
etc...
yeah that's what i meant I basically just remember that the only time effect is a verbis when you effect a change. And the only time I've seen it in use is in tenancy contracts, the first time I saw it I had to ring my dad and check it meant what I thought, and as he's a solicitor he thought I was weird for never having seen it used like that before.
So for me it's easy to remember as my dad thought I was an idiot ;)
So for me it's easy to remember as my dad thought I was an idiot ;)
I hate the word 'demise'used in property contracts.
It makes me think I am going to die.
It makes me think I am going to die.
curtelidge is betterbut I thin a demise is within a building.
The "landlord's demise" is typically internal common parts, right?Whereas curtiledge (sp?) is the area of land that can be reasonably said to be occupied by a building (i.e. house, driveway and garden). Curtillage (i think this is the correct spelling) is not necessarily legal ownership, and has a different meaning in planning law than elsewhere I think.
I think your rightI just like curtillage as it sounds like cartilidge
EXACTLY.As I said, I'm passed caring if I get it wrong.
Pfffft!Sausage casserole, Sloggis, Bully For You by TRB:- http://www.youtube.com...
you can affect an effect Me too.I was having a very similar conversation in the pub last night.
English is a frustrating language.
English is a frustrating language.
Crikey!It's the bloke dressed as a girl in the new Lady Gaga video!
What are YOU doing here?
What are YOU doing here?
That reference passes me by entirely.Damn you popular culture!
I'm here because I have the day off work, and I'm avoiding doing my Open University work.
I'm here because I have the day off work, and I'm avoiding doing my Open University work.
Yay for procrastination!Amateur crastination is toss.
I like the term procrastibationSneaking off for a manage a une when you should be working
I'm also waiting for my £25 laser printer to be deliveredand then I'll waste some time setting that up wirelessly on my network.
Woohoo, it has arrived. I got a lovely little Samsung laser printerfor about £40 a few years ago that works a charm, only problem is that Samsung doesn't do OS X drivers and I have to bodge it with a similar model Gutenprint driver.
I rarely print though so I mainly got it as cartridges on my inkjets were always drying out but it's still handy to keep a printer around.
I rarely print though so I mainly got it as cartridges on my inkjets were always drying out but it's still handy to keep a printer around.
This is an HP Laserjet 2200dnand I bought it for similar reasons, plus it has a duplex unit, which is handy.
I'd given up on keeping an inkjet printer running given how infrequently I print.
I'd given up on keeping an inkjet printer running given how infrequently I print.