Ah, Terry, you too appear to have a weak spot. Although Tracy showed her big smile ( :o) ), you are this time definitely hurt, right? Do you want Tracy to apologize? (See, I try to mediate here.)
>Peter has asked me in the past to put him right on points of grammar so I wasn't being priggish but helpful (I hope). And the bit over "ones": Naomi made the comment about "its" so I just enlareged
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>Anyway, I don't mind being accused of pedantry, but priggishness is a little insulting.
>
>>Your priggishness (in regards to the English language) is showing again... :o) How much would you charge to be a copy editor? :o)
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>>>>>>>>PS "in all the years
I've been present here" I'm sure you appreciate the English lesson :-)
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>>>>>>>Are these the type of mistakes that only non-native writers make?
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>>>>>>Mostly :) But non-native speakers rarely confuse it's and its as native often do :)
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>>>>>That's true!
>>>>>
>>>>>Now how about "Ones"? Is it
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>>>>>"I think it's ones duty to help those less fortunate..." or
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>>>>>"I think it's one's duty to help those less fortunate..."?
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>>>>I would vote for the second, but my English language knowledge is limited.
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>>>Yes
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>>>BTW what's wrong with this sentence.
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>>>"Did you lost the details on the form?" ?
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