Text 1203, 39 rader
Skriven 2006-04-14 20:47:37 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
   Kommentar till text 1196 av Nicolay Simonov (2:5020/10192.5)
Ärende: Re: sticks for eating
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*** Quoting Nicolay Simonov from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 CS> I get it now.  'Thing' wasnt a critical word but the query was on the
 CS> grammer Hof 'have you'.
NS>           ^ grammar

 CS> Thats proper for spoken english.  It's one of the spots where the
 CS> 'proper Hrules' if applied, would 'sound' slightly odd, at least in
 CS> the 'south'.

NS>  Ok, spoken language. I see.. It can be a stylistic mistake depending
NS> on the situation and people you are dealing with. Right?

Exactly.  Nothing wrong with 'sounding slightly odd' if folks can tell what you
meant though.

I tend to type in 'proper grammer' but occasionally skip to 'vernacular spoken'
just to show the point that it isnt the same always.

I mean no 'bad' in this, just to show a point.  What little i can tell of most
people who use english as a second language, is that they tend to be a little
overly grammatically correct so sound a bit more 'structured' than they
intend. Obversely (reversely) when they drop that, then their grammer can be
hard to understand to the point where 'obtuse' takes on a new meaning.

English however is very flexibe.  Thats why some of the recent queries on
'proper use' generatedf no reply.  There was nothing wrong with the sentence
as long as what was posted matched the intent.

That the intent may have not matched the posting, is what is hard to tell.

BTW, keep in mind I type fairly accurate but have dyslexia.  No worries on
either of our ends about that but my spelling is less than pure.  I am not
bothered by this but try to be right at least in this echo. I dont want to
confuse people who are new to english.
                                       xxcarol

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