Today [15]

[ThrashZone]

 

[BorisTheAnimal]

Who exactly was this guy you're talking about?

Just someone named Prince.

 

[Barman58]

TAFKAP

 

[mjf]

Who exactly was this guy you're talking about?

Just someone named Prince.

I guess we are all someone named something that no one has heard about nor cares about.
Nevertheless, he (Prince) wasn't my taste in music but very many people liked and bought his music. I think it's sad he died at only 57.

 

[A Guy]

Last edited by mjf; 14 Hours Ago at 07:05.. Reason: tyo again

Irony

A Guy

 

[mjf]

Last edited by mjf; 14 Hours Ago at 07:05.. Reason: tyo again

Irony

A Guy

:roflmao:
Indeed.
I think my brain is too quick for my hands
Now have I mispelt somfink.

 

[Barman58]

Last edited by mjf; 14 Hours Ago at 07:05.. Reason: tyo again

Irony

A Guy

:roflmao:
Indeed.
I think my brain is too quick for my hands
Now have I mispelt somfink.

Yep, Ther's two S's in Misspelt

 

[GokAy]

Nigel, look what you made me do!

I was writing "There're two S's..."
then wondered whether "there're" usage is correct or not..

According to http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/12865/is-therere-similar-to-theres-a-correct-contraction, it looks like a deep discussion

I will revise as "there are two ..." and move along!

Should I thank you for making me curious or be sad for my 5 minutes?

 

[Barman58]

"There're" is not a word form I can remember seeing even in US publications, where phonetic spelling is much more common than in the real written English language.

In this case I would probably do as was suggested in the link, "There Are" ... or change the structure to allow the more common "There's"

rather than ... "There're towels in the cupboard" would be ... There are towels in the cupboard" or even ... "There's a number of towels in the cupboard"

 

[kado897]

"There're" is not a word form I can remember seeing even in US publications, where phonetic spelling is much more common than in the real written English language.

In this case I would probably do as was suggested in the link, "There Are" ... or change the structure to allow the more common "There's"

rather than ... "There're towels in the cupboard" would be ... There are towels in the cupboard" or even ... "There's a number of towels in the cupboard"

I suppose the test of the validity of any contraction is whether it reflects the spoken language. I don't think it does in this case.

 

[mjf]

Last edited by mjf; 14 Hours Ago at 07:05.. Reason: tyo again

Irony

A Guy

:roflmao:
Indeed.
I think my brain is too quick for my hands
Now have I mispelt somfink.

I hope you realise or realize for our American cousins, that I'm attempting to apply some humour (or is it it humor). Agreed "tyo" should have been "typo".

 

[Joan Archer]

They always say the English language is the hardest to learn. There are so many spelling differences, then there is the grammar and punctuation, apostrophes, nouns, verbs, adjectives etc.

Sorry it's too complicated for me and I'm English.

 

[z3r010]

they always say the english language is the hardest to learn.

我想他們可能是錯的！

 

[axe0]

They always say the English language is the hardest to learn. There are so many spelling differences, then there is the grammar and punctuation, apostrophes, nouns, verbs, adjectives etc.

Sorry it's too complicated for me and I'm English.

The dutch language is much more complicated, comparing the dutch language with the english language one would say that english is a peace of cake.

 

[Joan Archer]

QUOTE=z3r010;3241656]

they always say the english language is the hardest to learn.

我想他們可能是錯的！[/QUOTE]

:roflmao:

 

[Kari]

我想他們可能是錯的！

我同意。芬兰比如则困难得多。

 

[Joan Archer]

Oh come on you 2 I have enough trouble with English without you going foreign on me. What does it mean, in fact what language is it anyway ?

 

[Kari]

Joan, Bing Translator or Google Translate are your friends

 

[mjf]

我希望我能說和寫中國。
Thanks only to Google translate.

 

[kado897]

Joan, Bing Translator or Google Translate are your friends

Bing translation I agree. Finland is much harder to like. :roflmao: