Imagine if this was required to access the internet ....

rockylizard · Guru

Imagine if this was required to access the internet ....

oldbobsbus · Guru

Definitely could be a good thing it would get rid of everyone under 40 and heaps over 40..lol..

NeilandRaine · Guru

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Even college students have problems with those. Oh and so do I

dorian · Guru

Actually the correct answer in the first challenge is "You're", not "you're". That should get rid of 99.99% of adolescents and 50% of pretentious old farts.

GaryKelly · Guru

I've missed Dorian's biting wit lately. Anyway, the easiest way to figure out what spelling is appropriate is to mentally remove the apostrophe and see if it works. You are, they are, etc. I also have a thing about people who mispronounce we've were've and they've their've. It's irritating.

Vic41 · Guru

Not everyone's a wiz at writing English though, would hate GN members not posting because they fear they may spell things or call things by the right name etc (albeit we have spell check, but if a word is incorrect but spelt properly it is not going to show up).

I would rather tolerate some errors (including my own) and read the message rather than becoming annoyed that something isn't right.

Ontos45 · Guru

Vic41 wrote:
Not everyone's a wiz at writing English though, would hate GN members not posting because they fear they may spell things or call things by the right name etc (albeit we have spell check, but if a word is incorrect but spelt properly it is not going to show up).
I would rather tolerate some errors (including my own) and read the message rather than becoming annoyed that something isn't right.

Some people ain't happy unless they have something to nit-pick about Vic41

The dog lady · Guru

I find it strange that someone like me who didn't speak a word of English until I started school has no trouble with spelling and grammar (except for typos) yet many who were born here do. Is it perhaps because I didn't get a chance to learn slang first? Or am I just pedantic aww

rockylizard · Guru

Gday...

hmm AWWW c'mon youse mob .... it's wry humour cry

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Cheers - John