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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: freshwater on October 14, 2006, 07:44:41 pm

Title: Advice & Advise
Post by: freshwater on October 14, 2006, 07:44:41 pm
You will probably thing this real petty of me, BUT it gets right up my nose when you ask for ADVISE and you mean ADVICE

Correct use:

I want some ADVICE on..... OR Can you ADVISE me on.......

I will give you ADVICE on....... I will ADIVSE you about.


steve@freshwatersystems.co.uk
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: Mike_G on October 14, 2006, 07:47:03 pm
Yeah your right pretty petty.
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: matt on October 14, 2006, 07:50:30 pm
You will probably thing this real petty of me, BUT it gets right up my nose when you ask for ADVISE and you mean ADVICE

Correct use:

I want some ADVICE on..... OR Can you ADVISE me on.......

I will give you ADVICE on....... I will ADIVSE you about.


steve@freshwatersystems.co.uk

if we wanted your advise about english grammer we would have asked for some advise  ;D ;D ;D see what i did there ;)
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: windows_chepstow on October 14, 2006, 07:59:08 pm
You will probably thing this real petty of me, BUT it gets right up my nose when you ask for ADVISE and you mean ADVICE


Do you know what really gets up my nose?

It's when people mean 'think', but type 'thing'.

It really winds me up, especially when they're correcting others on their English!

My advice is never ever be a 'spelling and grammar Hitler' on an internet forum, 'cos you'll only get (what's the phrase I read here recently), 'hung by your own petard'!!!

Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: Alex Gardiner on October 14, 2006, 08:01:13 pm
Let's face it no one on here comes on to look for good examples of English (we would be sorely disappointed if we were!!!!!!). We would be visiting the Grammaritup forum for frustrated school teachers if that's what we wanted.

What I use though to stop me sounding completely thick is the Google toolbar spelling check which allows you to check all your spellings in any Internet Explorer fill in form.

Alex
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: rugby on October 14, 2006, 08:47:49 pm
good one tosh, we are here to help each other,who gives a poop who can spell and who cant,we have enough customers who look down on us and our choice of career,lets support each other no matter what level of education,spelling ability etc.
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: bluesteve on October 14, 2006, 10:23:14 pm
I am also also disappointed with peoples pronounciation and grammer, it is also nice to know that i am not the only one who is concerned about the rapidly declining usage of the english language
 I therefore think it would be approiate for the moderators to block any posts that,  do not contain the correct spelling, 
contain any mispronounications and the incorrect use of any apostrophe's.
  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: matt on October 14, 2006, 11:25:31 pm
I am also also disappointed with peoples pronounciation and grammer, it is also nice to know that i am not the only one who is concerned about the rapidly declining usage of the english language
 I therefore think it would be approiate for the moderators to block any posts that,  do not contain the correct spelling, 
contain any mispronounications and the incorrect use of any apostrophe's.
  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

i now where u r cuming from  :o :o  :P
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: windows_chepstow on October 14, 2006, 11:31:25 pm
I therefore think it would be approiate for the moderators to block any posts that,  do not contain the correct spelling, 

Mods can you please delete Bluesteve's post; the one where he got it wrong.

This guy complains about spelling, yet he 'flips' up how to spell 'appropriate' in his own post!

What a chump.

He reminds me of Squeaks!
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: Pat Purcell on October 14, 2006, 11:34:53 pm
I think he was being phasetious.......facestious..........fascetious........ sarcastic
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: WavieDavie on October 15, 2006, 02:19:42 am
I think he was being phasetious.......facestious..........fascetious........ sarcastic

Nah, by the amount of mistakes it's got to be a wind-up . . .

I am also also disappointed with peoples' pronunciation and grammar, it is also nice to know that I am not the only one who is concerned about the rapidly declining usage standard of the English language.

I therefore think it would be appropriate for the moderators to block any posts that,  _do not contain the correct spelling, contain any mispronunciations and the incorrect use of any apostrophe's.
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: Pj on October 15, 2006, 01:56:50 pm
Jusk fink....

6 mumpfs ago I prodably cuttent even spell ixecertiff, now I are wone!
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: Polewash on October 15, 2006, 02:13:09 pm
The one that really gets me is the amount of people that get there and their wrong. I see it on this forum all the time. I wish they would get their act together. (or was it there ;D ;D ;D ;D).


John
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: WavieDavie on October 15, 2006, 02:19:30 pm
The one that really gets me is the amount of people that get there and their wrong.

You're quite right there John. They're always getting them mixed up.
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: Pj on October 15, 2006, 02:56:55 pm
It's not their fault they're lacking, it may have been  their parents' failure.  They're the ones!
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: Sarah Sarill on October 15, 2006, 03:01:04 pm
Aw come on  – does it really matter if words are spelt incorrectly. This is a cleaning forum not one for Mensa members.

I acknowledge spelling is one of my weaknesses but would be mortified if I thought you lot were taking the p*ss (or not taking my post seriously) just because I cannot spell.

As long as the advice is good and readers know what you are attempting to say then does it matter in the big scheme of things.

Be careful this type of criticism (or mick taking) does not make people feel uncomfortable about posting in fear that the good spellers look down on them.

Time permitting I type my replies in word and spell check it.

Rant over.  :o :-*

Sarah

Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: windows_chepstow on October 15, 2006, 03:29:36 pm
It matters to Malc G!.  I remember him pointing out some of my spelling errors; the 'grammer Nazi'!  Or is it 'grammar'?  Who cares?

Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: sair on October 15, 2006, 04:55:22 pm
"Pedantry is the showy display of knowledge which crams our heads with learned lumber and then takes out our brains to make room for it"

Colton Charles Caleb
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: Sir Squeaky on October 15, 2006, 05:08:57 pm
He reminds me of Squeaks!
You're funny as usual. ::)

Why not check back through some of my posts?
Doubt you'll see much in the way of spelling mistakes or bad grammar. ;)
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: freshwater on October 15, 2006, 05:45:19 pm
195 hits & 19 responses not bad so far.

And I know my spelling is carp, but I would never aks for advise or would want anyone to advice me on spelling or grandmar. Its just one of things.

steve@freshwatesystems.co.uk
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: windows_chepstow on October 15, 2006, 05:51:16 pm
I want some ADVICE on.....

Steve, when using an elipse to indicate missing text, you only use three full-stops; not four or more!
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: AuRavelling79 on October 15, 2006, 06:26:56 pm
It matters to Malc G!.  I remember him pointing out some of my spelling errors; the 'grammer Nazi'!  Or is it 'grammar'?  Who cares?




Thanks Tosh! I didn't say a word!  (Wye Aye Banzai! ;D)

However I use a spell-checker...

When eye right my letter I cheque it by running it threw the spell chequer. It always finds my mistakes and ewe no eye can knot make any moor errors while tai ping.

If ever eye am in doubt about a word eye no it is correct because my chequer tolled me sew!

Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: thewindowcleaner1 on October 16, 2006, 12:24:58 am
Can't spell, My grammer is !rapp, but I no how to work and will pass my nowledge on if wanted so if you want Advice or to be advised carry on posting,I'm still learning after 15 years and tnanks to this forum....
Title: Re: Advice & Advise
Post by: bluesteve on October 16, 2006, 09:39:12 pm
 :o   ;D ;D ;D
I therefore think it would be approiate for the moderators to block any posts that,  do not contain the correct spelling, 

Mods can you please delete Bluesteve's post; the one where he got it wrong.

This guy complains about spelling, yet he 'flips' up how to spell 'appropriate' in his own post!

What a chump.

He reminds me of Squeaks!