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Old 13th Aug 2005, 17:48
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Dear MR LONGBOW1, I meant no offence to anyone and I'm sorry that you took minor umbrage at our attempts to gently draw attention to bad grammar practice. I think it is important whilst we are only typing in this medium, we try and steer a steady course in the use of English and not let all grammar rules go by the wayside and pretend correct English useage is no longer important. This appears to be what happened in English schools and hence we walk past market stalls now with cards written up on them saying "Orange's 25p", "Potatoe's" etc. The English apostrophe is truly outof control these days! The French have the Academie Francais to keep them talking French like what it should be spoke, and I do think we should have a sort of English Gestapo going around sending people back for 're-education' at Concentrated (Education) Camps. So although you don't find it important, some of us hate the teeth-jarring things we see, like the French comments above. Call us 'Obsessives'.
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