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tarvos
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 Message 33 of 40
20 December 2012 at 10:25pm | IP Logged 
Serpent wrote:
Do we even have people who are still learning English? I mean obviously
you shouldn't ever stop, but the way I see it, the rule is more against lazy spelling
than for taking care of the poor non-natives who might not understand. Even if a non-
native here is still intermediate or so, he/she already uses the Internet.

Besides, a non-native is more likely to know the word compliment than complement, so
while theoretically this might be confusing, a mistake of a fellow non-native is usually
easier to understand than to make sense of "there car broke" and other native mistakes.


There car broke sounds like "where did the car break?" is the appropriate response. "I
don't see a car..."
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 Message 34 of 40
20 December 2012 at 10:31pm | IP Logged 
@Solfrid Cristin: I agree with everyone who has posted here, you have a lot of genuine enthusiasm for language learning and life in general. I always enjoy reading your posts here and don't find you pushy at all.

I wouldn't worry too much about the PM. As has already been mentiond, there is only one mistake, "complement" should be spelled "compliment". I only spotted this after I had read the message a few times. When I did see it, I assumed it was a typing error and nothing more.

As for the last sentence, "If I could I would give you a standing ovation I would", my best guess is the person who sent the PM objected to "I would" being used twice in one sentence. I am no expert on English grammar, I just know that I have used (and heard others use) similar constructions myself.

Remember that you have a lot of support and many friends here, don't let one person bring you down.

Edited by mick33 on 20 December 2012 at 10:48pm
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 Message 35 of 40
20 December 2012 at 10:37pm | IP Logged 
How can there be five pages on this topic
You guys are just looking for something to talk about at this point
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 Message 36 of 40
20 December 2012 at 10:45pm | IP Logged 
For me, everything has been said that needs to be said in this post. Except, if I received such a mail, I would very politely ask the person to go to a very warm and unpleasant plase and never send me another message.
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 Message 37 of 40
21 December 2012 at 1:36am | IP Logged 
tarvos wrote:
Serpent wrote:
Do we even have people who are still learning English? I mean obviously
you shouldn't ever stop, but the way I see it, the rule is more against lazy spelling
than for taking care of the poor non-natives who might not understand. Even if a non-
native here is still intermediate or so, he/she already uses the Internet.

Besides, a non-native is more likely to know the word compliment than complement, so
while theoretically this might be confusing, a mistake of a fellow non-native is usually
easier to understand than to make sense of "there car broke" and other native mistakes.


There car broke sounds like "where did the car break?" is the appropriate response. "I
don't see a car..."
idk if this was already clear, but the person meant "their car broke". much harder to make sense of than any of Cristina's typos/minor mistakes, imo.
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 Message 38 of 40
21 December 2012 at 1:46am | IP Logged 
Arekkusu wrote:
My advice: Delete the message and move on as if you'd never received it.

There is no issue here.

At all.


Absolutely!!!!

mick33 wrote:
... As has already been mentiond, there is only one mistake, "complement" should be spelled "compliment". I only spotted this after I had
read the message a few times. When I did see it, I assumed it was a typing error and nothing more.


Not to nit pick and split hairs, but "complement" is the correct spelling...
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mick33
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 Message 39 of 40
21 December 2012 at 1:55am | IP Logged 
liddytime wrote:
mick33 wrote:
... As has already been mentiond, there is only one mistake, "complement" should be spelled "compliment". I only spotted this after I had
read the message a few times. When I did see it, I assumed it was a typing error and nothing more.


Not to nit pick and split hairs, but "complement" is the correct spelling...
I should have noticed that, but I didn't. Oh well, it only confirms what someone else wrote a few pages back, even some of us native speakers confuse the two words.

Edited by mick33 on 21 December 2012 at 1:57am
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 Message 40 of 40
21 December 2012 at 3:07am | IP Logged 
It seems like we all agree that the PM Cristina received was a bit bizarre and off base. It's probably time to close the thread, though, as it has gone on for five pages without being related to language learning.


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