Thread: How to Write Good

Makes up for youse country blokes, eh, Laurie?

One of the language evolutions that has become really noticeable to me (and maybe it's only me) is the use of nouns as verbs (for example the noun "text" and the verb (to) " text".

I understand the process is called verbing or verbation (of all things!).

I found it particularly amusing when the Olympic Games commentry included the information that a certain athlete was "going to medal" or "had medalled".

I couldn't somehow get the picture out of my mind that they were meddling with the "medallers".

Laurie

Originally Posted by p38arover

Makes up for youse country blokes, eh, Laurie?

Yeah Mate

i didn't understand all of them they seemed to have left out the one about punctuation even though it may be socially acceptable to not capitalise the first letter of a sentence it would be helpful to the reader to use periods (ie the punctuation mark)

Hey I just had a great idea. A foot pedal for your keyboard. When you depress it it inserts a full stop.

Good point.

Medal and meddle.

Keep them coming.

My pet hate is the use of "then", instead of "than".

In general, the spelling and puntuation on forums is terrible.

My .02c

Neale

Originally Posted by DiscoStew

Hey I just had a great idea. A foot pedal for your keyboard. When you depress it it inserts a full stop.

But not a peddle!

Originally Posted by Corgie Carrier

In general, the spelling and puntuation on forums is terrible.

Yes, it's not exactly eror three.