"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteers be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe."
"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteers be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe."
A bright freshman student from Texas arrives for the first time at Harvard.Trying to find his way around he asks two random second year students - all New England posh, in that irritating Loyd Grossman style - if they can tell him "where the library's at?" Snorting with pomposity they reply "At Harvard, we never finish a sentence with a preposition." The boy from the south ponders a response, then quietly but confidently replies "Sorry fellas. Can you tell me where the library's at, assholes?"
A story you can tell the next pedantic Grammar Nazi tosser who attempts to judge your use of English.
That is correct, supporters are Charlton is an adjective, similar as to say I am a Charlton girl, it's like me saying I am a good girl; Charlton and good are both adjectives.
Cane his arse, Fanny. (Note, particularly good use of the comma there)
(Note, particularly good use of the comma there). (Full stop).
Full stops go inside parentheses if an entire sentence is inside the parentheses.
In AMERICAN English (and there's an oxymoron for you) this is correct. But in BRITISH English, the full stop goes after the end parenthesis.
(Incidentally, I love the comment (falsely) attributed to HM the Queen: "There is no such thing as American English. There is English and there are mistakes").
Cane his arse, Fanny. (Note, particularly good use of the comma there)
(Note, particularly good use of the comma there). (Full stop).
Full stops go inside parentheses if an entire sentence is inside the parentheses.
In AMERICAN English (and there's an oxymoron for you) this is correct. But in BRITISH English, the full stop goes after the end parenthesis.
(Incidentally, I love the comment (falsely) attributed to HM the Queen: "There is no such thing as American English. There is English and there are mistakes").
Are you sure? A number of British Organisations, including the Bank Of England, disagree with you. So does The Economist's style guide, which has all sorts of interesting information on a wide array of topics, not just grammar.
For example, I've just found out that the horrible American use of "gotten" is not some dreadful mangling of English English but instead is how we used to speak at the time the Mayflower set sail. It's just that the Americans haven't moved on in the intervening four centuries.
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As it's not masculine or feminine and you don't mean it is.
jizz and tits
A bright freshman student from Texas arrives for the first time at Harvard.Trying to find his way around he asks two random second year students - all New England posh, in that irritating Loyd Grossman style - if they can tell him "where the library's at?" Snorting with pomposity they reply "At Harvard, we never finish a sentence with a preposition." The boy from the south ponders a response, then quietly but confidently replies "Sorry fellas. Can you tell me where the library's at, assholes?"
A story you can tell the next pedantic Grammar Nazi tosser who attempts to judge your use of English.
you say eeether .. I say eye-ther
We can never be followed by is! Charlton Athletic IS singular, there IS only one. We ARE Charlton, as a collective group of supporters we ARE plural.
The other issue is when anyone says"I'm going Charlton tomorrow", in which case Charlton might even be a verb.
Cane his arse, Fanny. (Note, particularly good use of the comma there)
http://www.its-not-its.info/
"its" is used for a neutral possessor, "his" and "her" being the masculine and feminine versions.
Sorry
;-)
(Incidentally, I love the comment (falsely) attributed to HM the Queen: "There is no such thing as American English. There is English and there are mistakes").
bordeure.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/the-economist-style-guide.pdf
For example, I've just found out that the horrible American use of "gotten" is not some dreadful mangling of English English but instead is how we used to speak at the time the Mayflower set sail. It's just that the Americans haven't moved on in the intervening four centuries.