[Gllug] Monthly GLLUG grammar report

[Xander D Harkness]

Dylan wrote:

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>>Definately               =   Definitely
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>Johnson /et al/ have a lot to answer for. A google on *definitely* hits 
>667,000 results, *definitely* hits 6,690,000. ~10% 'misuse' or errors is more 
>than enough for a variant spelling to be acknowledged.
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Just because there is a great mass of ill-educated peons 'out there' 
masquerading as 'the public' does not mean that we must pander to their 
lack of will to learn. 

Just as I do not see that we should consider 2 + 2 = 5 just to make 
counting and rounding easier for those that have difficulty counting.

If you do not tolerate it in Maths / Physics why should you tolerate it 
is a subject that may be just as precise, English?

Kind regards,

Xander

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