I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
"We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty" - Mal Reynolds
"I can't tell the difference between an electron and a cat" - Brother of a friend
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In my experience there are two ways to develop a way with words. Read a lot and write as much. Words are like poi, the more you play with them, the more familiar you become with them.
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
Luv 'n' Lemons
purity :: clarity :: balance
Let's relight this forum
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I've noticed this too.
I think the abbreviations are part of the text messaging phenomenon where grammer, spelling and punctuation can cost you money.
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Elequence is a combination of two things in my mind: grammer and linguistics. You will always sound less elequant if you miss spell things, use the wrong synonym or have sloppy punctuation but you can still word things elegantly.
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Linguistic ability is a lot about your vocabulary. I was really lucky and both my parents are quite bright and always explained things when I didn't understand. I didn't really start reading books til I was about 13 though so you don't have to be a big reader.
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Also there's an innate portion of linguistics.
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Maybe if we had a spell checker on here it would help?
Luv 'n' Lemons
purity :: clarity :: balance
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Nearly half of the population is now thought to have some dyslexic tendencies or traits so this cannot be a disfunction, merely individual variation.
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I think I was lucky that I was exposed to a huge range of words and felt confident to ask about any that I couldn't comprehend. I was also corrected when I misused grammer, e.g. "can I?" instead of "may I?". I don't find words scary, I think that makes a big difference even if I can't spell.
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I think that it's also important to note that there's a big difference between writing and verbal communication. Writing is always going to be more heavily dependent on the correct use of spelling and grammer than verbal communication. There will also be a variation in spelling and grammer between different nationalities or dialects due to the global bastardisation of the English language. Communicating successfully will always be dependent upon the target audience.
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
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I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
Laugh Often, Smile Much, Post lolcats Always
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]