Issues of a language

[Wolfshade]

I read many posts across a variety of internet fora (yes, forum is a neuter noun that becomes fora when in the plural form) and I am increasing annoyed with peoples' use of the language that they claim to be fluent in. I do accept from the outset that there are many people for whom (accusative) English is not their (showing ownership) first language and that it is quite difficult.
The "problem" with English is that it does not come from a single root; instead the language is derived from a Germanic root (Anglo-Saxon), Latin (both through the Roman invasion and the Bible being in Latin), Greek (again through the Bible and being used as a scholarly language as late as last century) as well as the influence of others like that native British, Vikings, Celts, Picts etc.
As a consequence you have a language that largely uniform how it deals with language rules but then there are always exceptions.

Common irritations

There, Their and They're

Quite simple to deal with
There - indicating a place, "There are thirty boyz in that mob"
Their - showing possession, "The boyz have got their killy axes ready"
They're - contraction of they are, "They're about to assault your fire warriors"

Its and It's

It's - this should be used most frequently, it is a contraction of "it is", "It's not fair you rolled 120 attack dice"
Its - this is a possessive pronoun, think would this make sense to use his or her in its place, "Its got a boss pole", in this case the "It" is the nob.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Huzrah nu, kul do od,
wah aan bok lingrah vod,
Ahrk fin tey, baziik fun,
do fin gein

[Wolfshade]

I literally have no idea what was supposed to say

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Hearken now, sons of snow,
to an age long ago,
and the tale,
boldy told, for the one.

I like the Dragon language!

[Psychosplodge]

I don't know about you, but by the time I did my GCSEs they weren't actually teaching any real rules of grammar beyond capitalisation, fullstops and paragraphing. Spelling had completely gone out the window, and most of my peers and the staff supposedly teaching us relied on incorrect settings on microsoft word's spell checker...


Also kind of [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv1VWb6nLK0"]dragon[/URL] related....

[Wolfshade]

..most of my peers and the staff supposedly teaching us relied on incorrect settings on microsoft word's spell checker...

That has so much to answer for.
Not quite as much as Webster, but still a lot.

In my junior school we were taught it properly, at secondary, not so much. I love the roots of words and my grammar comes from that. One of my friends is very well versed in greek and latin so we have fun in the pub discussing such things much to the bemusment of our fellows.

[Psychosplodge]

well considering I personally wouldn't have trusted half of them to actually turn on a pc....

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I wish I could watch Youtube.

[Psychosplodge]

You still not watched that burlesque one yet? lol

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I can't get on Youtube at work. :/