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post Aug 18 2011, 08:45 AM
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14558490

Does anyone really believe that 29 consecutive school leaving years have been cleverer than there predecessors?

Why not just give everyone 100% and A+ Grades for all subjects. Thats where this is heading!
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Weavers Walk
post Aug 18 2011, 09:19 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Aug 18 2011, 09:45 AM) *
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14558490 cleverer than there predecessors?


If they can spell ...yes.
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post Aug 18 2011, 09:56 AM
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QUOTE (Weavers Walk @ Aug 18 2011, 10:19 AM) *
If they can spell ...yes.

And punctuate.


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post Aug 18 2011, 01:15 PM
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QUOTE (Simon%20Kirby @ Aug 18 2011, 10:56 AM) *
And punctuate.


Nothing at all wrong there as far as I can see Simon.

Several dots are often used to indicate a rest of a full beat rather than a comma. Normally, but not exclusively, used in script writing.
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post Aug 18 2011, 03:43 PM
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QUOTE (FactFile @ Aug 18 2011, 02:15 PM) *
Nothing at all wrong there as far as I can see Simon.

Several dots are often used to indicate a rest of a full beat rather than a comma. Normally, but not exclusively, used in script writing.

The ellipsis represents either an omitted idea or text. Of course, if you know better ... . It also takes a following space. There is nothing omitted in "If they can spell ...yes.", and rather it needs a comma, or if the intention was to create an affected pause, an em dash.

And it's Weaver's Walk too.

TD&H, you missed a that's as well.


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post Aug 18 2011, 03:50 PM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Aug 18 2011, 04:43 PM) *
And it's Weaver's Walk too.

I believe anyone can spell their fake internet name anyway they like. And if it's Weavers Walk the place that is spelt without an apostrophe as well; to mean many weavers.
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post Aug 18 2011, 06:05 PM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Aug 18 2011, 04:50 PM) *
And if it's Weavers Walk the place that is spelt without an apostrophe as well; to mean many weavers.

And as you well know, that would still need an apostrophe, but after the 's'. wink.gif
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- TallDarkAndHandsome   A Level Results   Aug 18 2011, 08:45 AM
||- - Strafin   oops   Aug 18 2011, 03:49 PM
|||- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (JeffG @ Aug 18 2011, 07:05 PM) And...   Aug 18 2011, 06:19 PM
|||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Aug 18 2011, 04:43 P...   Aug 18 2011, 07:01 PM
|||- - Strafin   QUOTE (JeffG @ Aug 18 2011, 07:05 PM) And...   Aug 18 2011, 09:52 PM
|||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Strafin @ Aug 18 2011, 10:52 PM) N...   Aug 18 2011, 11:15 PM
|||- - JeffG   QUOTE (Strafin @ Aug 18 2011, 10:52 PM) N...   Aug 19 2011, 10:14 AM
|||- - Strafin   QUOTE (JeffG @ Aug 19 2011, 11:14 AM) Sor...   Aug 19 2011, 05:07 PM
||- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Aug 18 2011, 04:43 P...   Aug 19 2011, 07:34 PM
||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Aug 19 2011, 08:34 P...   Aug 19 2011, 07:53 PM
||- - blackdog   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Aug 19 2011, 08:34 P...   Aug 19 2011, 08:14 PM
|||- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (blackdog @ Aug 19 2011, 09:14 PM) ...   Aug 19 2011, 08:43 PM
|||- - blackdog   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Aug 19 2011, 09:43 P...   Aug 20 2011, 02:02 PM
||- - Strafin   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Aug 19 2011, 08:34 P...   Aug 19 2011, 08:20 PM
|- - TallDarkAndHandsome   QUOTE (Weavers Walk @ Aug 18 2011, 10:19 ...   Aug 18 2011, 10:50 AM
- - spartacus   QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Aug 18 2011, 09...   Aug 18 2011, 05:32 PM
- - Biker1   Now Im not perfect but some of the spelling and gr...   Aug 18 2011, 08:03 PM
|- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Aug 18 2011, 09:03 PM) No...   Aug 18 2011, 08:14 PM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Aug 18 2011, 09:14 P...   Aug 18 2011, 08:17 PM
- - Strafin   In fact here's a quote taken from you r link J...   Aug 19 2011, 05:12 PM
|- - JeffG   QUOTE (Strafin @ Aug 19 2011, 06:12 PM) I...   Aug 19 2011, 09:03 PM
|- - Strafin   QUOTE (JeffG @ Aug 19 2011, 10:03 PM) Yes...   Aug 19 2011, 10:24 PM
- - Turin Machine   I do rather get a sense of a lot of people who...   Aug 19 2011, 10:08 PM
|- - JeffG   QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Aug 19 2011, 11:08...   Aug 19 2011, 10:36 PM
- - Turin Machine   I prefer the other "flavours" myself, an...   Aug 20 2011, 10:05 AM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Aug 20 2011, 11:05...   Aug 20 2011, 10:39 AM
- - Nothing Much   Can't top Catholics. But assuming there is a ...   Aug 20 2011, 10:54 AM


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