Bloody foreigners need to learn English - SV650.org

timwilky · 15-05-10, 12:17 PM

Bloody foreigner bosses. Yank and then a Pole.

I have had to produce a presentation about software licence issues and they have returned it for me to correct the spelling mistakes. What mistakes?

They do not get it. The piece of paper etc is a licence. when applying a licence, you license.

Aghhh this is driving me mad. The companies official language is English. Not American.

15-05-10, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by timwilky

Bloody foreigner bosses. Yank and then a Pole.

I have had to produce a presentation about software licence issues and they have returned it for me to correct the spelling mistakes. What mistakes?

They do not get it. The piece of paper etc is a licence. when applying a licence, you license.

Aghhh this is driving me mad. The company's official language is English. Not American.

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DarrenSV650S · 15-05-10, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by CoolGirl

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15-05-10, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by CoolGirl

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Ahhh but should there be an apostrophe? Should it just be companys because he isn't saying the company is, which would be company's. I'm quite possibly wrong though, just using the rules we were taught when I did my higher English, so there may be more to it!!

timwilky · 15-05-10, 01:02 PM

OK, guilty as charged.

As for the use of the apostrophe. As it is possessive, then I would say it applies. As in, the official language of the company is. I had used the plural form

Then again I did not study English, it seemed to be assumed that fodder for the factories did not need to know anything more than basic literacy, numeracy and knowledge would be dangerous. Make us start to question our place in the pecking order.

15-05-10, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

Ahhh but should there be an apostrophe? Should it just be companys because he isn't saying the company is, which would be company's. I'm quite possibly wrong though, just using the rules we were taught when I did my higher English, so there may be more to it!!

Nope- it's a possessive singular. Would have an apostrophe.

Like The Doctor's Surgery for 1 doctor, or The Doctors' Surgery for a group of doctors.

15-05-10, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

Ahhh but should there be an apostrophe? Should it just be companys because he isn't saying the company is, which would be company's. I'm quite possibly wrong though, just using the rules we were taught when I did my higher English, so there may be more to it!!

No such word as 'companys'. Perhaps they should call it the Higher Scottish?

singular: company
plural: companies

posessive, belonging to one company: company's
posessive, belonging to more than one comapny: companies'

simples.

Bri w · 15-05-10, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

Ahhh but should there be an apostrophe? Should it just be companys because he isn't saying the company is, which would be company's. I'm quite possibly wrong though, just using the rules we were taught when I did my higher English, so there may be more to it!!

Mmmm, English lessons from a Scot...

Only kidding MBK but I just couldn't resist.

P.S. I went to school in Ireland, so pot calling kettle...

timwilky · 15-05-10, 06:45 PM

The good old possessive plural. That apostrophe at the end gets them every time.

It is no wonder that johnny foreigner thinks English is a difficult language. However, they would probably study English grammar far more than most English schoolkids do.

As for language, I was taught French by an Irishman. No wonder I could never get the pronunciation right

15-05-10, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by timwilky

As for language, I was taught French by an Irishman. No wonder I could never get the pronunciation right

To be sure.

15-05-10, 12:17 PM	#1
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Bloody foreigners need to learn English Bloody foreigner bosses. Yank and then a Pole. I have had to produce a presentation about software licence issues and they have returned it for me to correct the spelling mistakes. What mistakes? They do not get it. The piece of paper etc is a licence. when applying a licence, you license. Aghhh this is driving me mad. The companies official language is English. Not American. __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.

15-05-10, 01:02 PM	#5
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Re: Bloody foreigners need to learn English OK, guilty as charged. As for the use of the apostrophe. As it is possessive, then I would say it applies. As in, the official language of the company is. I had used the plural form Then again I did not study English, it seemed to be assumed that fodder for the factories did not need to know anything more than basic literacy, numeracy and knowledge would be dangerous. Make us start to question our place in the pecking order. __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated. Last edited by timwilky; 15-05-10 at 01:09 PM.

15-05-10, 06:45 PM	#9
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Re: Bloody foreigners need to learn English The good old possessive plural. That apostrophe at the end gets them every time. It is no wonder that johnny foreigner thinks English is a difficult language. However, they would probably study English grammar far more than most English schoolkids do. As for language, I was taught French by an Irishman. No wonder I could never get the pronunciation right __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated. Last edited by timwilky; 15-05-10 at 07:27 PM.

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