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Old 02-04-2007, 08:20 AM
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Old 02-04-2007, 08:24 AM
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Oh, "homely", learned me a new word. Ty ty [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Arnfinn, was there ever a movement such as this one http://www.skrivihop.nu/ in Norway? Because we have the exact same problem here.

That along with the missuse of the "apostrophical" genetive case.

ie in English - Domino's Pizza
in Swedish it SHOULD be - Dominos Pizza.
But sign maker does not seem to be a profession that demands uni education [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
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Old 02-04-2007, 08:32 AM
Arnfinn Madsen Arnfinn Madsen is offline
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Hehe, I see they have given up [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. Yeah, we have a similar one:

Astronomer mot orddeling

Here you have got it right, but not us [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]:

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Og så var det svensken, finnen og nordmannen som skulle se hvem som var flinkest til å skrive. Først skreiv svensken, og gjorde det feilfritt. Så var det finnens tur, og han var ikke dårligere. Så prøvde nordmannen seg, men han greide ikke engang å skrive «kandissukker»!






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Old 02-04-2007, 08:34 AM
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I don't like "to who" either. It sounds so...ugly.
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Old 02-04-2007, 08:39 AM
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Oh, also people who say "for all intensive purposes."
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Old 02-04-2007, 08:50 AM
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Shouldn't title read "Which grammatical..."
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Old 02-04-2007, 08:51 AM
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I don't like "to who" either. It sounds so...ugly.

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What do you mean?
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Old 02-04-2007, 08:52 AM
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I don't like "to who" either. It sounds so...ugly.

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I mean it hurts my ears whenever I hear it. It is "to whom."
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Old 02-04-2007, 08:54 AM
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I mean it hurts my ears whenever I hear it. It is "to whom."

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Oh ok. Yeah that pisses me off too.
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Old 02-04-2007, 09:19 AM
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which/that and if/when mix ups. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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