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Michael Edwards

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Ah yes Margaret; misuse of words is another matter: I was stood, I was sat: these two make me cringe with rage (can you cringe with rage? - well you know what I mean) . Also confusion with the singular and plural as in 'Leicester City are looking for a new striker' - is is is looking. Mind you even BBC news readers make these mistakes on a regular basis so what chance is there? Not sure what any of this has to do with art but it's nice to digress and have a general moan from time to time ent it.
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Jim Morris

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I almost used words that might be classed otherise than Buzz when I checked the gallery. What on earth is that by Keneth Thruxton?

Pat Harrison

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There used to be a general agreement that you had to learn grammar and the correct words at home and at school. Today it appears to be in vogue to ignore all that. Perhaps it´s a bit like conceptual art with the main idea being to attract attention. Enjoy - so there.

Rebecca Chapman

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I watch Masterchef religiously and have lost count of the amount of times the chefs 'elevate' the dish, or 'take it to the next level'. AGH!!!!!
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Robert Jones, Napa

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There was a book entitled something like - The Diary of Augustus Karp, Gentleman - re-published by the Folio Society, bought and sold by me long ago, in which the term Xtian was frequently employed; it was a satire on rotund, pious pedants, but that's about all I remember. Anyway, it gave away the antiquity of the Xmas/Xtian term. Some were, I believe, crucified on a St Andrew's cross, rather than the vertical thing, and this may be part of the picture. Don't know - but yes, I did know that it's of venerable origin. I don't mind that - because I'm resistant to Christmas/Xmas anyway, unless of course you're preparing to send me gifts. Hampers, boxes of cigars, cases of wine, rare vintages of cognac - all of these would be appreciated, or of course a haunch or two of venison. Boxes of chocs...... if I were you, I wouldn't let my imagination be contained. Just parcel it all up and send it to me - don't stint, it shows you up as being mean and niggardly - cake is always appreciated, too.... You can find my address if you try: make it a challenge to yourselves! Port, cheeses, Turkish Delight ..... you know you can do it: choccy mints! I'm not too proud to accept it all, don't you worry about that. Let me put you entirely at your ease in this respect! Now where was I.....? Ah yes. We are not devotees of Christmas, here at the Batcave, and are therefore untroubled by neologisms, especially if they aren't really neologisms at all. It's the phrases people use because they're too flaming stupid to realize that they're just lazy, tramlined habits of thought that get, to be entirely candid, right on our sensitive nipples - these are what grate, and cause us to send the boys round. Avoid those, and you may yet get to keep your knee-caps in the condition in which the good Lord intended. http://www.isleofwightlandscapes.net http://www.wightpaint.blogspot.co.uk
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BBC newsreader this morning: 'A 10 foot high Christmas tree' - is there no hope?
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I think we (me included) worry too much about the finer points of grammar. We should choose more carefully, the causes that we man (or woman) the barricades for. e.g.. wars, poverty, starvation, lack of education, cruelty, global warming..........

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You are quite right, Splosh, but grammar is one of those subjects - a bit like the weather - that is considered safe to talk about and isn't too disconcerting to think about. Me, I wuz brung up in the 1970s when it was trendy to throw the grammar books away. I ignored that, read lots of books, and grew up to be a writer, but I still don't know the names of all of the parts of speech. From the evidence of my children's education now, it seems that grammar is back in vogue. I'd also stand up for the rights of anyone to hesitate before speaking... "Um yes well no um well (actually I wasn't paying that much attention to your simple question) ah (I either have far more serious / interesting / pressing things on my mind or I am actually quite timid, but regardless of that I am working out what you said) of course. Yes." ... because you can't edit what you say after you say it.
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Linda Wilson

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More skilful people will give themselves some space, by saying things like "I would like to say" or " personally" or " it is my considered opinion" etc. etc.
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Jim Morris

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I only learned what a subjunctive clause referred to by learning Spanish at night school. I had of course been using it for some fifty years by then. Just thought I'd mention it. (-:
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Linda Wilson

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Learning Latin an French at school gave me enough grammar to survive and write in an acceptable way, but these days the school curriculum seems to have more grammatical delicacies than I ever needed. Discuss.
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I've just had an email from POL which informs me 'an artist that you follow on www.painters-online.co.uk has uploaded a new item'.
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