Posted by Shirley Anne on January 18, 2010
After the aforementioned veritable obnoxious undulating excursions into an indescribably infectious and dangerously debilitating romantically inclined superfluously endowed extraordinary extravaganza, which, notwithstanding caused overwhelming nausea, violent, virulent madness culminating, as it did in every conceivable corporate way to teach us about our often frail, diminutive, indistinct inadequacies forthcoming but typical, results from such escapades never before taken eagerly with innocent meanderings for people not aquainted nor experienced intellectually, manually without forethought or otherwise seemingly mindless animated difficulties expected, therefore resulting predictably, I might say, towards obvious outcomes very painfully slow then inevitably spiralling downwards until stopped by agonisingly excruciating manipulations of involuntary bodily functions overcoming inmost thoughts relieving burdensome dire feelings, most unusual related circumstances covering a host, at this time, meaningless expressions thoughtlessly described herein giving each external encounter overall needless agonising reports too verbally horrifying ear-wise, we left forthwith reluctantly expressing quite rightly all hitherto misgivings manifested.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on September 28, 2009
I hate it when people write ‘u’ instead of ‘you’. I hate it when ‘I’ is replaced with an ‘i’ when it should be an ‘I’. I hate it when a heart replaces ‘love’ or an ‘8′ replaces ‘ate’. I simply hate text language especially when it is in a letter or an Email. I have touched on this subject before some months ago. Why are people so lazy? Do I write like that? You will not find it written by my hand anywhere. In some of the replies to my posts I have made amendments to the grammar before I approve them but usually this is only spelling mistakes or slips at the keyboard. For instance someone will write ‘bookmrak’ instead of ‘bookmark’ so I correct it and I do the same if it is written in text language. Well it is my blog and I want to keep it tidy! I guess that makes me an editor! Don’t worry though, I make these amendments and keep them to myself so keep writing.
Shirley Anne x
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Posted by Shirley Anne on September 24, 2009
Since I started this blog early in the year I have seen much improvement in my writing and subject material. It is difficult to maintain a variety in subject matter even though I suppose I could write about almost anything. I feel however that I should have at least an interest in the posts I write rather than reaching out and selecting something more abstract. That’s not to say I won’t ever do that simply to inject some variety. My English has improved somewhat too. I have always had a keen interest in writing good English and this stems from my early experiences in writing formal letters to organisations. I would write something then analyse it’s grammatical correctness and rewrite it. Spelling was something I had excelled at but occasionally I would become unstuck, after all I cannot be expected to know every spelling. That’s what dictionaries are for. I find that the more I write the better I become. Naturally so. I am not dyslexic as some unfortunately are so I have no real excuse for not getting things right. I despair when I receive emails and see the appalling spelling errors they contain. It might be that the writer has difficulty but I suspect most are just lazy. It is even worse when they write in ‘text speak’ as people do on their mobile phones. I resist all temptations to do the same. I encourage the writing of proper English whenever I can and I expect the same from others.
The Blog itself is moving along nicely and I am getting many visitors to my site. It’s a shame most of them do not comment but I am happy that some do when they have the time. Thank you for that. Now I will have to think about my next subject………….
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on March 21, 2009
The written word has been developed for communication over space and time. We can communicate with those close to us by direct means, talking but if we wish to communicate with someone afar we need some other means than just our voices alone. Initially of course this was achieved by writing. Now I don’t profess to hold a perfect command of my own language but I hope I can make myself understood sufficiently enough to allow the conveyance of my thoughts. Wow, did I just say that? There are many things to consider before pen is put to paper as it were not least of all the subject. We can spend time writing a letter so that we get it reasonably correct but when we speak we have to get it right first time else correct ourselves constantly. All this you already know of course but I wanted to tell you about somebody, who shall be nameless, who gets it wrong all of the time. This person is a television sports commentator and when I listen to his commentary it annoys me so much. You would think that being in such a high profile job would be enough to make sure he got it right. His basic commentary is good and informative but his syntax is often wrong. He puts the subject at the end of the sentence. For example he will describe a particular footballer’s capabilities and then say his name, like this: ‘He’s not a player who often misses shots on goal, Ronaldo’. Instead of: ‘Ronaldo is not a player who often misses shots on goal’. It might seem trivial but to me it is unforgivable for somebody, especially a journalist to make such elementary mistakes with the language. Rant over………….what do you think?
Shirley Anne x
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