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Queue. And cue. And NOT, please not, que, which as far as I know isn't even a WORD in English.
I may be a grammarian at heart, but I like ditties like that. Is there a source somewhere, online, that shows dialects for different parts of England? I have tons of English ancestors and have traced them to many parts of the country (Whitechapel in London, Yorkshire, etc.). It would be fascinating research.
Although I don't correct my dad, some of the things he says drive me batty. Example:fillum - filmfurnitures - he thinks it's the plural of furniture; can't convince him that furniture is both singular and plural like pantsdeers - see above only with deer (he says he's right because he orders "three beers" so deers must be plural)Sigh.
Here's one I'm not entirely sure about, but I look at it and it just seems...off."The method in which you do (x)" - shouldn't it be "the method WITH which"? How can you be in a method? It's certainly not a place.
Quote from: Liliane on September 21, 2013, 07:51:17 PMHere's one I'm not entirely sure about, but I look at it and it just seems...off."The method in which you do (x)" - shouldn't it be "the method WITH which"? How can you be in a method? It's certainly not a place.I think I'd use "the method BY which you do (x)", but definitely not 'in'!
Quote from: Mel the Redcap on September 21, 2013, 08:00:57 PMQuote from: Liliane on September 21, 2013, 07:51:17 PMHere's one I'm not entirely sure about, but I look at it and it just seems...off."The method in which you do (x)" - shouldn't it be "the method WITH which"? How can you be in a method? It's certainly not a place.I think I'd use "the method BY which you do (x)", but definitely not 'in'!Yes, "by" definitely works too! So glad it's not just me who thinks "in" is wrong...
I feel the need to trot out this little piece of amusement from somewhere deep in the bowels of my email archive...Eye halve a spelling chequerIt came with my pea seaIt plainly marques four my revueMiss steaks eye kin knot sea.Eye strike a key and type a wordAnd weight four it two sayWeather eye am wrong oar writeIt shows me strait a weigh.As soon as a mist ache is maidIt nose bee fore two longAnd eye can put the error riteIts rare lea ever wrong.Eye have run this poem threw itI am shore your pleased two noIts letter perfect awl the weighMy chequer tolled me sew.English really is a pain!