Lager, NOT larger!

[RichardM]

pH...not PH, ph or Ph

 

[MickDundee]

Grammar - The difference between knowing your s**t and knowing you're s**t.

 

[531Man]

The book,
"Eats shoots & leaves"
The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation,
by Lynne Truss
covers punctuation fairly comprehensively.

 

[531Man]

On the flip side, the old Ashford Saturday Market had a permanent fruit and vegetable stall where the spelling of the produce on sale was a truly entertaining experience to behold.
Amongst others, the varied spellings of 'cauliflower' were always a delight to brighten up the start of the day.
I was never sure if it was accidental or intentional.

 

[An Ankoù]

On the flip side, the old Ashford Saturday Market had a permanent fruit and vegetable stall where the spelling of the produce on sale was a truly entertaining experience to behold.
Amongst others, the varied spellings of 'cauliflower' were always a delight to brighten up the start of the day.
I was never sure if it was accidental or intentional.

Talking of which, how come few people seem to be able to write the word "barbecue"?

 

[RichardM]

Talking of which, how come few people seem to be able to write the word "barbecue"?

Maybe the can write "barbecue" but choose to abbreviate it to "BBQ" because it is quicker to type.

 

[robster62]

The thing that drives me mad is 'quite/fairly etc unique, it's either unique or it isn't.

 

[RichardM]

The thing that drives me mad is 'quite/fairly etc unique, it's either unique or it isn't.

At last someone who gets it. People look at me as if I have lost the plot when I say that you can't have degrees of uniqueness.

 

[531Man]

The thing that drives me mad is 'quite/fairly etc unique, it's either unique or it isn't.

That's literally a very unique gripe.
I feel just the same way.

 

[531Man]

Commentator at a classic car parade, "And next we have a very unique Bentley 3and1/2 litre, followed by another one exactly the same".

 

[Clint]

Overuse of words to try to sound clever does my head in!
Had one of the clever lot in work say PERTINENT in a meeting "lots" of times...why ,oh,why?

 

[Stevieboy]

Going forward on this thread we really need to start thinking outside of the box, get some blue sky ideas out there, and start realising some synergies...

 

[An Ankoù]

Going forward on this thread we really need to start thinking outside of the box, get some blue sky ideas out there, and start realising some synergies...

No doubt you'll (yule, youle, take your (you're yore, yaw) pick) introduce a raft of measure to ensure your (see earlier) initiative is implemented. expedited (sorry, it's a long time since I've playted bullshi'ite bingo and I'm a bit rusty).

 

[Cwrw666]

Agreed, like this simple guide - by taking away the 'you' :

If you could say 'We' then it's (you and) I.
If you could say 'Us' then it's (you and) ME.
For example:

I (we - you and I) gave Dave a present.
Dave gave me (us - you and me) a present.

I mean you wouldn't say,
"Us gave Dave a present" ,
Nor,
"Dave gave we a present" ,
Would you?
That's the closest to making sense I can describe it.

You've missed out the singular Us - as in `give us that book', meaning give me that book. Of course that's not bad grammar, that's dialect.

 

[Clint]

Oh no! That bullcrap speak is rife! Going forward...I hate that rubbish!
Cherry picking,touching base,liaising (spelling?),glass ceilings...utter rubbish!
Then go around pointing the finger at people saying they aren't committed just because their idea of commitment is going home and setting fire to their house because the boss told them to. Also being tasked with things to do in meetings...and NEVER EVER doing it..and never challenged.
Ever watched those meetings where all the yesmen sit there,finger on chin,doing that over appreciative nodding at the one spouting the crap? Tossers...

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Ever watched those meetings where all the yesmen sit there,finger on chin,doing that over appreciative nodding at the one spouting the crap? Tossers...

Sounds like Boris and the cabinet

 

[Clint]

Gravy train...

 

[chopps]

At last someone who gets it. People look at me as if I have lost the plot when I say that you can't have degrees of uniqueness.

It's like being a little bit pregnant.

 

[Rodcx500z]

One that gets up my nose is, it is what it is

 

[An Ankoù]

Oh no! That bullcrap speak is rife! Going forward...I hate that rubbish!
Cherry picking,touching base,liaising (spelling?),glass ceilings...utter rubbish!
Then go around pointing the finger at people saying they aren't committed just because their idea of commitment is going home and setting fire to their house because the boss told them to. Also being tasked with things to do in meetings...and NEVER EVER doing it..and never challenged.
Ever watched those meetings where all the yesmen sit there,finger on chin,doing that over appreciative nodding at the one spouting the crap? Tossers...

Arrrgh.
You make the point very well by subtly slipping in a horror: "to task sb with st to do". Arrgh and double arrrghh. What's wrong with "giving somebody a task" or "giving sb st to do"? Since when is task a verb?
"Gifting" is another one. You give someone a gift, you don't "gift them something"!
As for the gammon two doors down from where I used to live who would regularly go "blood doning" !!!!!! Note the use of multiple exclamation marks for emphasis and having got marmalade on the keyboard a couple of days ago.

We should start a campaign for proper English so that people can talk it proper like what we do.