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Amy Duncan (X) 
Brazil
Local time: 07:16
Portuguese to English
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| I thought... | Aug 19, 2009 |
...Whitesmoke was a rock band.
| | | | | Here we [sic] go again | Aug 19, 2009 |
Amy Duncan wrote: ...Whitesmoke was a rock band.
No, that's a "Slip Of The Tongue"
\\m/
[Edited at 2009-08-19 16:33 GMT]
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John Farebrother wrote: Mariusz Kuklinski wrote:
I uninstalled it after a few days and explained the reasons in a lenghty letter to the company. Surely you mean a long letter?
Thanks, John, for your intervention. It gives me, as a compatriot of Joseph Conrad, particular pleasure to attract your attention to the fact that, according to the Shorter Oxford Dictionary, the word "lengthy" was used the first time in English in 1689. You will find further references to its usage in Fowler's and in Collins Cobuild.
No hard feelings though
Mariusz
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Drew MacFadyen wrote:
The errors in the subject line were an attempt at being cheeky to draw some attention to the email and product. Thanks for noticing! Hopefully everyone can take a look at the product as well.
Regards,
Drew
Actually, it did just the opposite. I immediately clicked on Delete.
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| You did spell it wrong though, Mariusz | Aug 19, 2009 |
Mariusz Kuklinski wrote: John Farebrother wrote: Mariusz Kuklinski wrote:
I uninstalled it after a few days and explained the reasons in a lenghty letter to the company. Surely you mean a long letter? Thanks, John, for your intervention. It gives me, as a compatriot of Joseph Conrad, particular pleasure to attract your attention to the fact that, according to the Shorter Oxford Dictionary, the word "lengthy" was used the first time in English in 1689. You will find further references to its usage in Fowler's and in Collins Cobuild. No hard feelings though Mariusz
Or was that intentional?
| | | | | Was it intentional | Aug 19, 2009 |
Regrettably, a genuine typo but John was generous enough to disregard it going after a more substantial prey
Marie-Hélène Hayles wrote: Mariusz Kuklinski wrote: John Farebrother wrote: Mariusz Kuklinski wrote:
I uninstalled it after a few days and explained the reasons in a lenghty letter to the company. Surely you mean a long letter? Thanks, John, for your intervention. It gives me, as a compatriot of Joseph Conrad, particular pleasure to attract your attention to the fact that, according to the Shorter Oxford Dictionary, the word "lengthy" was used the first time in English in 1689. You will find further references to its usage in Fowler's and in Collins Cobuild. No hard feelings though Mariusz Or was that intentional?
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Amy Duncan wrote: ...Whitesmoke was a rock band.
That's Whitesnake, Amy. Good one!
| | | | | Some fall on stony ground, I guess. | Aug 19, 2009 |
Still, I guess that's rock 'n'
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| Agency newsletter | Aug 19, 2009 |
BTW did anyone else notice the error in the newsletter of a rather well known agency - unable to tell its 'its' from its 'it's' and got it wrong. I did write to them about it but they didn't reply, although they did change it!
Here it is
'Over the last month, a ........... newspaper has attempted to translate the articles of it’s website into various languages using a machine rather than a professional translation company like ...........'
Error repeated furth... See more BTW did anyone else notice the error in the newsletter of a rather well known agency - unable to tell its 'its' from its 'it's' and got it wrong. I did write to them about it but they didn't reply, although they did change it!
Here it is
'Over the last month, a ........... newspaper has attempted to translate the articles of it’s website into various languages using a machine rather than a professional translation company like ...........'
Error repeated further on too so not a typo.
So many its here!
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| | | | | While we're at it... | Aug 20, 2009 |
...rather than a professional translation company like ...........'
Should that perhaps have been "such as" rather than "like"?
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 12:16
Member (2009)
English to Croatian
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| Common mistakes/ errors | Aug 20, 2009 |
I am not justifying them, but errors like :
grammer( grammar), it's ( its), there's ( theirs), beleive ( believe), recieve ( receive)
fall into category of common spelling errors.
I really don't get it how someone can make a spelling error on here, as the spelling check is on and all the mistakes underlined?
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