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Glad to see there's still pedants
ITYM "Glad to see there are still pedants" ? :-)
ITYM "Glad to see there are still pedants" ? :-)
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The plural is still Ampere. Way I've always understood the use is along the lines of:
The Amperage is five Ampere, (or Amp).
I never add a s to the end, personally. That's the way I've always used it, anyhows.
You have a "5 amp fuse", but "the current in the wire is 5 amps."
It's like saying "there's a garage 10 mile down the road" when you mean "10 miles."
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As he used an apostrophe it would be "Glad to see there're still pedants"
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Quite, but so much easier not to contract it in that case, ne c'est pas? 
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That is the point at which I cease to communicate! I see far too much of it for my liking already and tend to just skip over posts like that.
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text language came about because you had a limited amount of characters to use before it cost you another text, but the web isnt like that so why people use it is beyond me
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I think it is a combination of factors:
1) It is quicker for the author.
2) It is "hip and kewl".
3) Many prolific texters are illiterate.
4) They don't care how difficult it is to understand.
I use text daily, but you will never see any or the ur and m8 and all the other nonsense. A message written in the Queen's English is difficult to misunderstand.
1) It is quicker for the author.
2) It is "hip and kewl".
3) Many prolific texters are illiterate.
4) They don't care how difficult it is to understand.
I use text daily, but you will never see any or the ur and m8 and all the other nonsense. A message written in the Queen's English is difficult to misunderstand.
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I find it funny that many of my customers, being from other lands, are fluent in the English language. Until it comes time to pay or discuss an issue. Then their grasp is sadly lacking!
On a positive note, many of my eastern european customers have English skills which far surpass the locals. One Albanian yesterday had incredible diction, so much so that I would have been convinced he was born in a quality part of England. I had a Polish chap come in with a small lad. This lad sat there patiently and looked around, generally behaving himself. When he got bored, he came and sat close to his dad. Incredible! Any UK child would have been wrecking the place and screaming.
On a positive note, many of my eastern european customers have English skills which far surpass the locals. One Albanian yesterday had incredible diction, so much so that I would have been convinced he was born in a quality part of England. I had a Polish chap come in with a small lad. This lad sat there patiently and looked around, generally behaving himself. When he got bored, he came and sat close to his dad. Incredible! Any UK child would have been wrecking the place and screaming.
It's not just written English that has deteriorated, it's spoken English as well.
The word 'Innit', often used at the end of a sentence, presumably means 'Isn't it?' and makes the sentence a question. It is often used wrongly, too.
So 'It's a nice morning, innit?' is quite understandable, if incorrectly spoken.
But 'Two coppers over there, innit?'
Or: 'She's going over her mum's later, innit?
Doesn't really mean anything.
Another oddity is this chap Noah Meen. He gets stuck onto the end of every other sentence, particularly by young people. I take it he's nothing to do with the Ark mentioned earlier?
'Gonna see him later about that anyway, Noah Meen?'
'Get in there quick before the best is gone, Noah Meen?'
'Going out with me mate tonight, Noah Meen?'
'Me mate got done for using a doorway, Noah Meen?'
'I missed the last bus back, Noah Meen?'
At one time confined to a particular type of young person, Noah has now spread everywhere, and seems to be common usage....
The word 'Innit', often used at the end of a sentence, presumably means 'Isn't it?' and makes the sentence a question. It is often used wrongly, too.
So 'It's a nice morning, innit?' is quite understandable, if incorrectly spoken.
But 'Two coppers over there, innit?'
Or: 'She's going over her mum's later, innit?
Doesn't really mean anything.
Another oddity is this chap Noah Meen. He gets stuck onto the end of every other sentence, particularly by young people. I take it he's nothing to do with the Ark mentioned earlier?
'Gonna see him later about that anyway, Noah Meen?'
'Get in there quick before the best is gone, Noah Meen?'
'Going out with me mate tonight, Noah Meen?'
'Me mate got done for using a doorway, Noah Meen?'
'I missed the last bus back, Noah Meen?'
At one time confined to a particular type of young person, Noah has now spread everywhere, and seems to be common usage....
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nope.... just the usual typo's, lisdexia & dislexic fingers do that...
Something I find nauseating is middle to upper class parents trying to be 'down with the kids' by emulating their slang, urrrgh !!
Something I find INCREDIBLY annoying is the double negative, "I don't know nothing about it", " he 'aint done nothing wrong" arrrgh !!
Also, media types inventing alternative words on the fly, to replace a word that already exists. I can't recall a specific example but it would be something like, replacementate for replacement !!
Bl00dy annoyin, innit bruv !!!!
Something I find INCREDIBLY annoying is the double negative, "I don't know nothing about it", " he 'aint done nothing wrong" arrrgh !!
Also, media types inventing alternative words on the fly, to replace a word that already exists. I can't recall a specific example but it would be something like, replacementate for replacement !!
Bl00dy annoyin, innit bruv !!!!
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Nah, I was right first time around.
A mile away or 10 mile away, there's never need to add a s to the words. Any unit of measurment or similar means one unit of that measurement, so you are merely indicating the number of singular units as a whole. The number denotes more than one. The term itself is still a singular reference though. 