On Friday, June 14, 2019 at 7:16:10 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:
On 14/6/19 8:52 pm, GB wrote:
On 6/13/2019 8:42 PM, Xeno wrote:
On 14/6/19 4:34 am, GB wrote:
On 6/13/2019 10:59 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 18:42:07 +0100, GB
wrote:

On 6/13/2019 10:25 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 12:24:48 +0100, GB
wrote:

On 6/12/2019 2:49 PM, Rod Speed wrote:


"GB" wrote in message
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On 6/12/2019 1:47 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 21:44:21 +0100, GB
wrote:

On 6/12/2019 1:39 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 21:27:24 +0100, GB

wrote:

On 6/12/2019 12:43 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 19:56:15 +0100, GB

wrote:

On 6/12/2019 10:47 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 18:36:59 +0100, GB

wrote:

On 6/12/2019 10:28 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 18:23:22 +0100, Tim Streater
wrote:

In article , Bob Pringle
wrote:

On 6/12/2019 1:02 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
This is insane. Legally (like anyone pays any
attention to
these
laws) you
cannot do simple things like fitting an electrical
socket
to your
own home,
but you can change the brakes on your car.Â* The
second one
is FAR
more
dangerous to other people!

https://www.mglondon.uk/blog/electri...n-electrician/







It's not about safety.Â* The electrician's union owns
more
government
lawmakers
than the mechanic's union.

Which electrician and which mechanic are you
referring to?

Did you read his post at all?Â* He referred to a union,
not an
individual.

Did you not see where the apostrophes were at all?Â* They
referred
to an
individual's union in each case.

You make the assumption he's one of the few who puts the
apostrophes in
the right place.

He's obviously not.

Most will write "electrician's union" to mean the
union for all electricians.

Only the illiterate would do that...the same sort of
people who
think
plural's take apostrophe's.

Go take your OCD medication, we're not interested.

Go take your illiteracy elsewhere, we're not interested.

Not my fault if you can't understand what everyone else can.

Not my fault if I **** on illiterates.

FACT: 99% of people do not put apostrophes at the end.

Where did you pull this 'fact' from?Â* Out of your rear end,
just like
all your other 'facts'?

Only a computer program requires precision placing of
apostrophes.
The rest of us knew perfectly well what was meant.Â* Grow up.

Getting ahead in the modern world requires literacy.

Bull**** it does with that OCD ****.

Correct grammar is not OCD, you stupid ****ing convict.

Any unnecessary rules are OCD.

There are no unnecessary rules in grammar.Â* It is what it is.

"It is what it is" says it all - you're a robot that follow rules
without understanding.

What's there to understand?Â* The grammar is there, you learn it, end
of ****ing story.Â* Do you think grammar rules are like motoring rules?

Rules of English Grammar!

Rule # 1Â* Learn all the rules.
Rule # 2Â* Learn all the *exceptions* to the rules.

Such as?

Most other languages in the world have *consistent grammar rules*.
English, being a *******ised language, is a hodge podge of rules and
exceptions with zero consistency.

All languages are *******ised to some extent.

English is the most *******ised there is to the point the written
language gives no clue as to the pronunciation. My wife's language does
way better in that regard with 67 consonants and 43 vowels plus a host
of diacritics.

I won't deny that English is a hodgpodge. I blame William the Conqueror
for a lot of its problems. The fact that spelling wasn't codified until
quite late in the game bears a lot of the blame, too.

At least English doesn't have a committee telling people how to use
their language.

However, it is simple to learn enough to get by in English. Its
loose rules make it easy to understand fractured syntax.

Cindy Hamilton