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Cardiarms wrote: Vodafone adverts being an example:"Only Vodafone can guarantee mobile signal in your home". The Vodafone copy writer is idiot! Quite so Cardi - I always my signals to be as mobile as other radio signals, in or out of the house(The writer knows what he means by what he is saying but, is what you are hearing what he is actually trying to tell you....)
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leedslily wrote: I'm an editor/proofreader by trade, and from my experience I'd say that it's a common belief that we are no longer needed nowadays because most computer software includes a spellchecker.However, the spellchecker won't pick up words that are spelt correctly but used wrongly (e.g. 'leaving' instead of 'living' in Blakey's example above, or common typos like 'you' instead of 'your'), nor just plain bad writing; and even the most careful writer can make mistakes, which are usually only visible to a different pair of eyes.I don't know for sure if it's the case at the YEP, but getting rid of 'unnecessary' proofreaders is often seen as an easy way to cut costs. Form for from. There, their they're. Your and you're. All common mistakes.
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blackprince wrote:-As it happens Uno I have an example of a Thack sketch from the YEP Mon Nov28th 1955, which i tried to post here but the resident site gremlins wouldn't let me ( a sea of red error messages on yellow). I'll try again later. An example of a Thack sketch from 1955Enjoy! I'm sure I would enjoy it if I could see it!
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Uno Hoo wrote: blackprince wrote:-As it happens Uno I have an example of a Thack sketch from the YEP Mon Nov28th 1955, which i tried to post here but the resident site gremlins wouldn't let me ( a sea of red error messages on yellow). I'll try again later. An example of a Thack sketch from 1955Enjoy! I'm sure I would enjoy it if I could see it! Tried posting it again but still no luck!
It used to be said that the statue of the Black Prince had been placed in City Square , near the station, pointing South to tell all the southerners who've just got off the train to b****r off back down south!
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ROFL just been on the YEP site and was reading about a car accident last night on easterly road.Then i looked up and seen the story was backed up with actual footage of the scene if your easily shocked dont look lol.....enjoy http://snipurl.com/u5db2
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Brandy wrote: ROFL just been on the YEP site and was reading about a car accident last night on easterly road.Then i looked up and seen the story was backed up with actual footage of the scene if your easily shocked dont look lol.....enjoy http://snipurl.com/u5db2 Shocking - typical YEP
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Brandy wrote: ROFL just been on the YEP site and was reading about a car accident last night on easterly road.Then i looked up and seen the story was backed up with actual footage of the scene if your easily shocked dont look lol.....enjoy http://snipurl.com/u5db2 Sure I saw a brick move second one up three along on the right.Sorry no, not now I've cleaned my glasses
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Tonights gem ?Page 30 The knowledgeGet FitTip number 4 ...............................Try walking or cycling placeswhere you wouldusually W A L K !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!If you find this too strenuous go back to the pile ofbricks video.
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