Express & Star Poor Grammar

[Plymouth Wolf]

http://www.expressandstar.com/sport...5/20/your-the-boss-who-would-sign-for-wolves/


Surely it is You're. Pet hate of mine but would have thought a paper would have got it right!!

 

[wolvesultra]

http://www.expressandstar.com/sport...5/20/your-the-boss-who-would-sign-for-wolves/


Surely it is You're. Pet hate of mine but would have thought a paper would have got it right!!

they often make such simple mistakes and with basic information too. To an extent journalism as a whole is on a slide such things are no longer considered important but getting a story out on twitter within sseconds is!

A pal of mine writes for the Express and Star I give him loads of grief

 

[Snarlingwolf]

The best of it is that the glaring mistake is repeated !

I would have thought that to work for the E & S you would have had to have at least a good knowledge of English language.............with even a basic qualification in it, too??

 

[Essex Wolf]

The best of it is that the glaring mistake is repeated !

I would have thought that to work for the E & S you would have had to have at least a good knowledge of English language.............with even a basic qualification in it, too??

You know what they say about assumption Doogiskingwolf?

 

[IrchyWolf]

The best of it is that the glaring mistake is repeated !

I would have thought that to work for the E & S you would have had to have at least a good knowledge of English language.............with even a basic qualification in it, too??

There lies the problem in that the barest pass grade at GCSE is so far from actual competence in the language as to be worthless to all intents as a guarantee of proficiency.

 

[bigbluewolf]

 

[wildfire_wolf]

It also gripe's me when people use apostrophe's in the wrong place's.

 

[Sutton Wolf]

My biggest gripe regarding bad grammar is when people say "of" when it should be "have",as in "should have" or "could have" or "would have",and so on, or am I being pedantic.

 

[JOSWolf]

They have changed it to You're.

 

[goldeneyed]

What you onna abert mate. E&Sh is my favrite fab paypa. Howw dare ya surgest tha theyr nott up to gernalistik standurd. Thayre punchuashun is write up theyre wive the Gardian.

 

[Phitsanulok (Poole) Wolf]

"who would want to replace Sako?" - nobody in a sane state of mind I hope.

An even worse mistake in my eyes. Must have been in a rush to get to the pub.

 

[wolvesultra]

What you onna abert mate. E&Sh is my favrite fab paypa. Howw dare ya surgest tha theyr nott up to gernalistik standurd. Thayre punchuashun is write up theyre wive the Gardian.

I know this is in jest but I must point out there is a massive difference with speaking with an accent and or local dialect than simply bad grammar/spelling.

Despite what the southern biased media may try to brainwash us with using an accent and your local dialect does NOT show a lack of intelligence / education.

Its an unfortunate but commonly held myth that in order to be considered clever or eductated you need to lose your accent and dialect.

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

You've come to the wrong place to complain about grammar, (Mol Mix).

Here's another common mistake, mixing up 'of' and 'have'; [Edwards should of made the forward pass].

and another; 'are' and 'our' [We really love are team]

 

[wildfire_wolf]

It's amazing how many people complain when we "loose" too.

 

[kennyB]

He done well is another example of sub-standard English. More a London expression I think.

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

I blame the education system, not enough discipline. In our day, bad grammar was punished by a thrashing with a leather belt, with a piece of lead sewn in the end.

 

[Erick1011]

No one cares about grammar.

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

He done well is another example of sub-standard English. More a London expression I think.

Hey Kenny, visit this side of the pond, it would be 'He done good'

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

No one cares about grammar.

If you were thrashed with a leather belt you would [of]

 

[Smudgewolf]

Grammar - the difference between knowing your $$$$$ & knowing you’re $$$$$!

 

[Erick1011]

If you were thrashed with a leather belt you would [of]

I prolly would of!





Pains me to even type this way.

 

[kennyB]

Hey Kenny, visit this side of the pond, it would be 'He done good'

I lived in Florida for a few years so I know all about Yankee English!

 

[FLEET WOLF]

It's amazing how many people complain when we "loose" too.

Yes wildfire, that annoys me as well and the incorrect us of 'of' and 'have', as someone else has pointed out.

 

[Baboon]

A common error that always irritates me is the use of "affect" when the correct word should be "effect".

 

[oldwulf]

Yes wildfire, that annoys me as well and the incorrect us of 'of' and 'have', as someone else has pointed out.

And "the AMOUNT of goals he's scored" when it should be "the NUMBER of goals he's scored". "Amount" is how much, "number" is how many. You wouldn't say "how much goals has he scored this season?" But you could say

"The farmer has a large AMOUNT of hay in his field" and

"A large NUMBER of crows are taking it for their nests"

 

[wildfire_wolf]

I feel all edumercated.

You can tell the footy's stopped....

Roll on the 14th June

 

[Vita45]

E&S published a poem recently, awful stuff from one of their regular would-be bards, in which Sako was praised for his "Gaelic skills". I never realised he was Irish!

 

[Deleted member 3518]

It also gripe's me when people use apostrophe's in the wrong place's.

Clever

 

[WasStefan]

Your all a bunch of prat's

 

[RJs Tankard]

It really irritates me when people type "of" instead of "off" too.

It's crazy that so many people can't grasp basic English - despite spending at least 12 years at school.

 

[kennyB]

It really irritates me when people type "of" instead of "off" too.

It's crazy that so many people can't grasp basic English - despite spending at least 12 years at school.

Please get off of everybody's back!!

 

[Dewsburywolf]

It's crazy that so many people can't grasp basic English - despite spending at least 12 years at school.

Always presuming they actually attended school, truancy is a very common issue


Surprised this thread's been allowed to stay to be fair

 

[vega recollection]

"When that Aprille with his shoures sote
The droghte of March hath perced to the rote
Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages."....there,hope that's clear!

 

[Vita45]

Anybody see E&S review slagging off Bully's restaurant? It referred to Bully as now being a "restauranteur" - it should be restaurateur. They presume to criticise a food place yet do not even know the correct word for someone who runs a restaurant. You'd think the paper's editor would tell his reporters about these things.