Genealogy Chat

Merry A colon is used to denote that a list is coming next, or that the second part of the sentence is the result of the first part. E.g. He took with him the following: his spex, his diary and his briefcase. Or - He wrote: please do not sit on this wall. A semicolon is used as a more important comma! Eg It rained today; the football was cancelled. Both parts of this sentence could be divided to make two sentences, but are better for not being separated. Clear as mud, eh? OC

We have a greengrocer's cart which sells fresh vegtable's , Has he not been reading your thread? What about the sale signs that say £'s off? Kim

My local Co-op recently had a PRINTED sign (presumably part of a promotion) Buy one get on free. OC (Chicken coop gone, Co-op shop arrives)

LAURA!!!!!!! Attend to your apostrophe immediately! OC

OC- the best one that made my children laugh in the cheap Works/Booksale shop, not a very good offer ,were stickers which said: 2 for 3 Kim

OC Was that a Chicken Coop??!!! A (sounds like a good offer!)

Ah.......got it, thank you Olde Crone :;:;:;:;:;:; excellent! Now, what else can I think of? Conjugating verbs...............................???? That's another mystery and also all those different tenses.....No idea what any of that's about!! lol Merry

I’ve just seen and photographed a marvellous non-apostrophe in our local Shoefayre window. Lets just say it had slipped down and become a comma! It was printed – again a promotion - surrounded by big red ‘SALE’ notices. It said ‘KIDS, HANDBAGS AND ACCESSORIES’! I couldn’t resist going in and asking a rather surprised young man whether it was boys or girls they had on offer! I’ve sent an e-mail to the company but probably won’t hear anything. I don’t suppose they’ll understand what I’m on about but it did relieve my ‘apostrophe rage’! QOB

Yesterday in our local corner shop as I was waiting in the queue I glanced at the cards on sale and immediately spotted a card with the words 'Well done on you're exam success'. Being appalled by this, I handed the card to the shop assistant and told her that George (shop owner) might want to send all these cards back to the manufacturer for a refund as he's never going to sell them, but thinking about current literacy levels and being a cynical sort, he probably would. o:)

Cath in Hull That’s a humdinger! Must see if I can find one to send to a young relative with a suitable ‘Spot the un-deliberate mistake’ comment (having first copied it to the manufacturers with a rude remark!) QOB