Neat post that you put in there, Mike. Some interesting stuff about the English language that I didnt know yet. Thanx
I thought I was the only one in this joint who could do English properly
You'r right: "Know thy audience"
On rockfora I do a lotta slang and contractions, cause that's sorta the style; but if necessary, I can be fully standard in both American and British.
I do however agree with you, Mike, that some members here are too casual or rabid and write abominable posts that often are barely understandable. If I write a post, I may use humor, sarcasm, metaphors etc, but I always have some message to convey. Why waste our time with just some arbitrary raving and ranting ?
Well, I guess it's all a question of individual taste and priorities, and the more members there are, the more variation there'l be. Some members write stuff that interests me, and some not - and I'm OK with that. Accordingly I can't expect that my stuff is interesting to all members.
Getting back to the "and", I like to use it in the sense that was described in Point 7 in Dictionary.com, "implying continuation".
And so it will remain with me
Metal Meltdown
Nicky. Edited at: Friday, February 12, 2010 7:23:35 AM
