Pierced Musie Posted February 25, 2007 Report Posted February 25, 2007 Your spell checker could be set on English (American) instead of English (United Kingdom). Microsoft Works automatically sets it to American, for some stupid reason.
Skykat Posted February 25, 2007 Report Posted February 25, 2007 The Writers Etiquette Thread in the fanfiction forum has basic tutorials on some of the most common errors. It's essentially aimed at writers but a lot of the stuff in there will be useful for general SPAG also.
~Amy~ Posted February 25, 2007 Report Posted February 25, 2007 I asked Kat the same question the other day. I kept seeing "color" on websites and such & thought I'd been spelling it wrong. EDIT: I've a question. I use abbreviations such as 'fore instead of before. Its a force of habit. Would that be considered breaking the SPAG rule?
Skykat Posted February 25, 2007 Report Posted February 25, 2007 I asked Kat the same question the other day. I kept seeing "color" on websites and such & thought I'd been spelling it wrong. EDIT: I've a question. I use abbreviations such as 'fore instead of before. Its a force of habit. Would that be considered breaking the SPAG rule? Yeah technically it would because abbreviations are essentially what text speak is. However I doubt anybody's going to jump down your throat about it as long as your whole post wasn't littered with it, which I know yours aren't.
Si-Co Posted February 27, 2007 Report Posted February 27, 2007 Picking up on the discussion in this thread from way back last year.. American English and UK English are both accepted as correct, but apart from variations in spelling (color, colour, etc), variation in grammar occurs too, eg. I'll go sit on the bench (American) I'll go and sit on the bench (UK) What would Aussies say? Another thing, I've seen and heard this in Aussie shows: 'Terry tried to suicide' and 'Millionaire suicides in Bay' (newspaper headline). In the UK, that's totally wrong - I assume suicide is a noun not a verb, so it would be 'Terry tried to commit suicide' and 'Millionaire commits suicide in Bay'. Oh, I could go on for hours, hehe.
MarMar Posted February 27, 2007 Report Posted February 27, 2007 I don't think it's "correct" in Australia either, but "correctness" is often sacrificed for short headlines - to draw attention, etc.
Ryan Posted March 12, 2007 Report Posted March 12, 2007 Between 1:30 and 2:00, what we'd sound like without punctuation.
Cal Posted March 12, 2007 Report Posted March 12, 2007 ! I have no idea what that Policeman is saying!
Sally_Fletcher Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 Guys just something that could perhaps be considered - English is a second language to a lot of people on here, so just keep that in mind if you don't mind... A lot of people spell wrong because they are used to talking and writing in another language.
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