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Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 21:54

the below written note sent by an English teacher is annoying me as I feel its not written in good english. is it just me??
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Wednesday December 15th at 5:00pm will see our Gala Debate Night when our talented debaters will take part in a series of debates against Parents and Staff. It promises to be an evening of serious and not so serious fun.

All welcome!

I very much look forward to seeing you at these debating events.

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Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 22:37

It's an accumulation rather than the one letter per say i would believe that is niggling KM, some will not understand that, others will. BLESS YOU JJ....you took the words out of my mouth. Sweetie, been there done that, FULLY UNDERSTAND where you are coming from!

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Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 22:35

It's an accumulation rather than the one letter per say i would believe that is niggling KM, some will not understand that, others will. BLESS YOU JJ....you took the words out of my mouth.

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Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 22:34

Wow - you sound just like my MIL. She would go on about something this petty as well. Why does it bother you so much? I agree that it is strange in parts but it is not the worst English I have seen. thing is, often letters sent to parents from teachers/other staff (from this school) have mistakes in them.....grammatical, spellings and even typos...WHICH EVEN I, A NON-NATIVE SPEAKER, CAN PICK UP. I do find this very strange and unacceptable really, and thus the title of my thread. I guess it IS just me. <em>edited by KoolestMum on 18/01/2011</em>

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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 22:31

It's an accumulation rather than the one letter per say i would believe that is niggling KM, some will not understand that, others will.

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 22:25

Wow - you sound just like my MIL. She would go on about something this petty as well. Why does it bother you so much? I agree that it is strange in parts but it is not the worst English I have seen.

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Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 22:18

gosh.... has this been troubling you for over a month? LOL.....yes...would you believe it?? but at that time I did'nt know it was written by an english teacher. just stumbled upon the letter again a few days ago...heheh!

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Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 22:15

gosh.... has this been troubling you for over a month?

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Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 22:15

I would probably say this thread is getting a bit Pedantic :)

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Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 22:15

gosh.... has this been troubling you for over a month?

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Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 22:06

I Personally had to re-read your first line to make sense of it. It should have read: "The note written below, sent by an English Teacher has annoyed me ... " The note I think reads fine...its a light and jovial approach announcing an event...IMHO. That's a little bit harsh on the OP. I could pull her up on her punctuation maybe, 'it's' rather than 'its', but other than that and lack of capital letters at the start of a sentence.... come on man. I think it's more that, if you're posting to complain about someone else's poorly-written note, you'd probably double-check your own English was irreproachable! ETA, I appreciate it isn't your first language - and while I think the December 15/ 15th December varies between different varieties of English, I agree about the placement of the time, which reads oddly. <em>edited by Custard Apple on 18/01/2011</em>

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Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 22:05

It's grammatically correct, though not elegant, I agree. I wouldn't capitalise 'parents' and 'staff', and it would read better if it said 'serious and not-so-serious' and 'much-appreciated support'. But I've seen way worse from English teachers, I have to say... English is not my first language by any stretch of imagination but I do think we were taught that it can be 15th December or December 15 but not December 15th. Also I feel 'at 5pm' is misplaced grammatically in this particular sentence :-) to posters commenting on me........ the difference is i aint no eglish teacher and my grammatical 'mistakes' are just cos im toolazy to fix em. <em>edited by KoolestMum on 18/01/2011</em>

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Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 22:02

I Personally had to re-read your first line to make sense of it. It should have read: "The note written below, sent by an English Teacher has annoyed me ... " The note I think reads fine...its a light and jovial approach announcing an event...IMHO. That's a little bit harsh on the OP. I could pull her up on her punctuation maybe, 'it's' rather than 'its', but other than that and lack of capital letters at the start of a sentence.... come on man.

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Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 22:01

LOL! I think it's a little ironic when you've spelt Coolest with a 'K' :)

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Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 22:01

CA, agreed!!

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Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 22:01

It's grammatically correct, though not elegant, I agree. I wouldn't capitalise 'parents' and 'staff', and it would read better if it said 'serious and not-so-serious' and 'much-appreciated support'. But I've seen way worse from English teachers, I have to say...

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Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 21:58

I Personally had to re-read your first line to make sense of it. It should have read: "The note written below, sent by an English Teacher has annoyed me ... " The note I think reads fine...its a light and jovial approach announcing an event...IMHO.

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Latest post on 18 January 2011 - 21:58

Bit laboured I suppose and too much use of 'debate' ish but not too bad??

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