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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 1811403, member: 44132&quot;]I try to use proper English, including punctuation, and I appreciate it when others do as well.&nbsp; The misuse of a comma or apostrophe here and there does not overly bother me.&nbsp; However, the misuse of words such as <i>their</i> and <i>there</i> and <i>meat </i>and<i> meet, to,two and too </i>etc., suggests much to me about the writer.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently misspelled Manitoba several times while posting here on CT before someone was polite enough to inform me of my ongoing mistake.&nbsp; I appreciated this, as I don&#039;t care to look foolish by misspelling something I <u>should</u> know.&nbsp; And that&#039;s the point.&nbsp; Most of these grammatical errors are basic English and should be well known to anyone where English is their first language.</p><p><br /></p><p>Having said all of that, this is a hobby forum where we enthusiasts can come together to discuss our hobby.&nbsp; We shouldn&#039;t have to be overly concerned about our grammar or lack thereof (notice I said &quot;overly&quot;).</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, y&#039;all is an acceptable abbreviation for those of us from the South here in the U.S., and we use this word in our spoken tongue.&nbsp; And although I am a &quot;Yank&quot; in the eyes of a Brit or perhaps a Cannuck, I am no Yankee.&nbsp; I&#039;m quite proud to be from the South and to be able to properly use the word y&#039;all, the plural of which is &quot;all y&#039;all&quot;. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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