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Assume v. Presume

NO YOU SHOUDN'T. Everyone knows it's Zee Zee Top and the geezer who hasn't got a beard is called Beard. But perhaps us Brits should, but you know what our transatlantic cousins are like. They must have it their way.:frantic:
 
Well, you learn something new every day! : )

I'll have to stop correcting the kids when they listen to Jay-zed then...
 
RobH1 said:
the use of very poor grammar with no punctuation, capital letters etc. is inexcusable, especially as it was produced deliberately
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What one speaks is rarely heard by more than a few people, and rarely put on record. What one texts is rarely seen by more than one person, and only on record temporarily. What one writes in public view is likely to be immortalised for all time, and will (whether one likes it or not) be used to assess one's character.
 
Black Hole said:
What one speaks is rarely heard by more than a few people, and rarely put on record. What one texts is rarely seen by more than one person, and only on record temporarily. What one writes in public view is likely to be immortalised for all time, and will (whether one likes it or not) be used to assess one's character.
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Is that copyright protected? I may want to use it in the future.:)
 
Black Hole said:
What one speaks is rarely heard by more than a few people, and rarely put on record. What one texts is rarely seen by more than one person, and only on record temporarily. What one writes in public view is likely to be immortalised for all time, and will (whether one likes it or not) be used to assess one's character.
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Oh dear! Just found these posts:

"Short and simple God Jesus good angels but only the ones appointed also fallen angels and the God of this world.I hear it all great love great suffering but the holy spirit doctors of this world say schizaphrania but Ill trust GOD not man. Im truthful bye"


"to every person that hears god in their head or speak to him personally listen to this song the fray how to save a life im your scapegoat you may not know what it means but your gods perception will know what a scapegoat is you can listen to this to if you get a chance cold play fix you if you deserve you life back i hope you the best my name is john field believe me there's worst things on this earth then you dont believe me tell your perception to ask god by the way there's more then just one god theres god of us "god" god of the universe god of god of the universe god of the multiverse and last but the best god yet of course god of life...... im an example thats y i know so many so... who knows you might get to meet a new god maybe he even like you who knows but if one of them gives you your life back please at least go to church and worship them for me my email is fishing4thehuge1@gmail.com if you need anything Hope you the best life possible none of us are perfect but we try."

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/...ar-god-speak-audibly-you-usually-arent-crazy/

How many mistakes in there?
 
It's location is sufficient to form my assessment! I guess poisonivy won't be a regular in Assume v. Presume anytime soon.
Wallace said:
In the words of Jim Royle, 'My arse...'

Now what does that tell you about me? :)
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You're a fun-loving bastard well versed in popular culture who's just gone out and left me with the baby.
 
Trev said:
Which is why they didn't. But it takes a dunce to pronounce a homograph like 'lead' wrongly when used as an adjective to Zeppelin.
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How about "iron and steal" then? Is this some sort of laundering crime?

http://blog.adw.org/2013/07/the-conquering-power-of-praise-a-meditation-on-a-text-from-2-chronicles/

"Weapons ... that wins the day" too.

PS The whole site is a hoot! Came across it trying to research Carlo Borromeo and the catholic slant on his murderous campaign against "witches", leading to his becoming a saint. You could not make it up!
 
:hahahahaha:

I challenge anyone to come up with a pronunciation for "USB" that would demand the "an" preposition! (I suppose it would work if your regional accent caused it to be an "ooniversal serial bus".) Clearly an example of the writer applying rule-based grammar blindly.
 
You are really not going to believe this.

Lunchtime today (sorry, yesterday) on the Radio 4 news there was an item about eliminating jargon from government announcements - in particular, not using a complicated metaphorical word when a simple one will do. "Deploy", "deliver", and "facilitate" were singled out amongst others.

Thinking it would make a good item here, I went looking for a web reference... and found this:
Whitehall's straight talk: Civil servants told to stop using jargon that confuses people about what the Government are doing
  • New style guide attempts to slim down jargon in Whitehall announcements
  • It is deployed on Government's new one-stop-shop website www.gov.uk
  • Guidance should facilitate the delivery of better dialogue with stakeholders
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-jargon-confuses-people-Government-doing.html

I suspect the headline is the writer's attempt at irony.
 
Black Hole said:
I suspect the headline is the writer's attempt at irony.
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Works nicely for me!
And there's this one on similar lines.
The Coalition Agreement included a commitment to change the narrative reporting framework. Two government consultations and a programme of engagement with stakeholders subsequently revealed a consensus among companies and investors that reporting standards could be improved.
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from here entitled "Better and simpler company reporting" (the bold is mine.)
 
Your edit seems to have become a duplicate post.

The irony works for me too, but it isn't signalled very well (it's hard to tell whether the author is being clever or stupid).
 
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