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Colwyn · « **Reply #50 on:** April 01, 2010, 09:25:18 AM »

quote:
Originally posted by Scunner

Yeah Colwyn man, my bad innit.

I suspect that there is a mistake in here but, since I don't have a flying beeswax what you are talking about, I can't tell for sure.

SteveJ · « **Reply #51 on:** April 01, 2010, 13:04:40 PM »

As an ex-English teacher Tinx is correct in everything except his spelling of preference?

SteveJ · « **Reply #52 on:** April 01, 2010, 13:08:18 PM »

As an ex-English teacher I will give myself 6 out of 10 for my last post and I'll stay behind after class!

Scunner · « **Reply #53 on:** April 01, 2010, 13:30:58 PM »

Surely you are an ex-teacher of English Steve, rather than a teacher who is no longer English

GordonA · « **Reply #54 on:** April 01, 2010, 14:41:57 PM »

Which of the following is correct, 'John dove into the pool'. or, 'John dived into the pool'? Is 'dove' the past sense of 'dived'?
Gordy,[?]

Scunner · « **Reply #55 on:** April 01, 2010, 14:51:38 PM »

I think the present of dove is wood pigeon

stoop · « **Reply #56 on:** April 01, 2010, 22:42:38 PM »

quote:
Originally posted by SteveJ

As an ex-English teacher Tinx is correct in everything except his spelling of preference?

No he wasn't. He said you can't start a sentence with 'If'.

SteveJ · « **Reply #57 on:** April 02, 2010, 09:50:50 AM »

Stoop
No he didn't.....

Andy wrote "if I were to speak the queens English, to whom would I speak?"
You replied "If" indicating (to me)that you were pointing out that he had made a mistake by starting his sentence with an uncapitalised letter.
Tinx replied "You can't start a sentence with if?". He misunderstood your reply but there's a question mark at the end so he was asking a question not making a statement.

Manzarali · « **Reply #58 on:** April 02, 2010, 10:04:34 AM »

It's easy to criticise people whose use of English is not good but to be fair it's probable that most have rarely had to write in their working lives and so are not familiar with spelling and grammar.

Sadly though, there are many, including television reporters and presenters, who do not know whether to use "I" or "me" and compound their ignorance by using "myself". As in "John and myself went to town"

I don't recall hearing this until very recent years, is it perhaps people copying what they hear?

SteveJ · « **Reply #59 on:** April 02, 2010, 10:08:18 AM »

Gordy,

I try avoid discussions about the 'correctness' of English but sometimes I can't help myself - it's a hobby of mine.

Words have a 'shelf life' (to use a new term). Dove was the past tense (not sense) of Dive but has dropped out of popular usage to replaced by 'dived'. When words 'die' their correctness dies with them. You can use "dove" and the 'oldies' will know exactly what you mean but if you say "dove into the pool" to a teenager they will try to correct you (after they have stopped laughing).

Keith - English teacher is a title so 'ex-English teacher' is correct (at least in my book it is)

but I take your point.

Isn't the English language facinating? What d'ya mean NO?

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