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wangdaning
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Thank you all for the English lessons  |
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spiral78
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You are very welcome indeed  |
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scot47
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The inability to distinguish Preterite from Past Participle is a sure way to spot a Ruffian in this part of the World. (West of Scotland)
Spelling and Apostrophe Abuse can serve the same diagnostic purpose ! |
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wangdaning
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:11 am Post subject: |
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The inability to distinguish Preterite from Past Participle is a sure way to spot a Ruffian in this part of the World. (West of Scotland)
Spelling and Apostrophe Abuse can serve the same diagnostic purpose ! |
My reply just sucked. Have a nice day guys  |
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johnslat
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Should be a comma after "day" - direct address.
I'm not being too picky, am I?
Pedantically,
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Sashadroogie
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| scot47 wrote: |
The inability to distinguish Preterite from Past Participle is a sure way to spot a Ruffian in this part of the World. (West of Scotland)
Spelling and Apostrophe Abuse can serve the same diagnostic purpose ! |
Such Abuse Should Precipitate Capital Punishment!!! |
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teacheratlarge
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The grammar lads ride again (though I like well placed commas, too).
Yes, sometimes it's worth getting sick, though we had several runs of German measles here in Tokyo that had a few older teachers worried as they hadn't 'experienced' it as children. Here they stopped doing vaccinations between 6-7 years of age, and now the schools from elementary on through uni are plagued with it now and then. |
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scot47
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| Teaching English to German-speakers years ago they were shocked that we call the condition "German Measles". Racist ! |
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