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Offline Colwyn

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« on: March 27, 2017, 15:40:53 PM »
I have to have some blood test done. I have been supplied with a copy of the letter informing the medics of this. It states, in emboldened red capital letters, background highlighted in bile yellow that, that if the samples are to be frozen THEY MUST BE SEPERATED FIRST!!


I hope their blood cell counting skills are better than their spelling.



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Re: Lack of Confidence
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2017, 16:01:28 PM »
I have to have some blood test done.

Surely that should be either "a blood test" or "some blood tests" if you're going to be pedantic about grammar ?  ;)

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Re: Lack of Confidence
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2017, 16:05:23 PM »
Well it is some test or other.

Offline Stuart T

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Re: Lack of Confidence
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2017, 18:13:46 PM »
Colwyn was pedantic about spelling, not grammar.

Typo's don't count 'cos we're all human and make mistakes.

However, a brilliant little conversational about turn performed by Colwyn to "justify" the lack of an "s".

....made me smile.

Very quick, very clever.

Offline Colwyn

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Re: Lack of Confidence
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2017, 18:23:12 PM »
Thank you Stuart. Actually there is nothing wrong with the original "I have to have some blood test done". KKOB seems to under the impression that "some" must be followed by a plural noun. There is no such rule in English. I guess some teacher may have told me that.

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Re: Lack of Confidence
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2017, 18:33:09 PM »
The original still looks like a typo though!

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Re: Lack of Confidence
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2017, 18:37:59 PM »
You could be right. It might be both.

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Re: Lack of Confidence
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2017, 18:51:12 PM »
KKOB seems (to "be" or not to "be" ;) under the impression..........

.....I don't think I can help with that one.

Typo.




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Re: Lack of Confidence
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2017, 18:53:01 PM »
Why is KKOB's statement followed by a question mark?

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Re: Lack of Confidence
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2017, 18:57:59 PM »
KKOB seems (to "be" or not to "be"  ;) under the impression..........

.....I don't think I can help with that one.

Typo.
Bang to rights! Could be "seems under the impression" or "seems to be under the impression". But definitely not what I wrote.




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