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I have no time for drunk drivers



 
 
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Old February 23rd 04, 05:44 PM posted to uk.rec.audio.car,uk.rec.cars.4x4,uk.rec.cars.classic,uk.rec.motorcycles
Allan Bennett
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Default Totally OT: I have no time for drunk drivers

In article , Ginge
wrote:
In article , Allan Bennett says...
In article ,
pseudoplatypus URL:mailto
The plod go out looking for drunks at xmas. Other times of year,
detection is left to the safety cameras. I thought that would have
been obvious.


Obvious - but completely wrong.



Check your spelling, bloody useless drunk driver

So, how long have you been trying to use English for, sonny?


That should read:

"So, for how long have you been trying to use English, sonny?"

Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.


But in both cases the sentence ends with "sonny".


Cor! You write good, dunnit?

1. "Prepositions are not words to end sentences with." is an example of
irony. In your case, wasted irony.

2. Try to use punctuation correctly: ie "But, in both cases..."

3. Try to understand sentence formation - and for what commas can be used -
got that, sonny? (expl: both sentences end with ", sonny", not just "sonny".

4. And never start a sentence with a conjunction.


Let that be a lesson to you.


Allan Bennett
Not a fan of corrective institutions




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Old February 23rd 04, 06:27 PM posted to uk.rec.audio.car,uk.rec.cars.4x4,uk.rec.cars.classic,uk.rec.motorcycles
Ginge
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Default Totally OT: I have no time for drunk drivers

In article , Allan Bennett says...
In article , Ginge
wrote:
But in both cases the sentence ends with "sonny".


Cor! You write good, dunnit?


aussie accent
Best 'ad to say it though, but.
/aussie accent

1. "Prepositions are not words to end sentences with." is an example of
irony. In your case, wasted irony.

2. Try to use punctuation correctly: ie "But, in both cases..."


It seems you imagine my speech would pause after the word 'but', is that
the case? I wrote that line exactly as I'd say the sentence, I'd not
pause after the word 'but'.


3. Try to understand sentence formation - and for what commas can be used -
got that, sonny? (expl: both sentences end with ", sonny", not just "sonny".


I can see how if I'd written something along the lines of - 'The sky is
blue. But, sometimes clouds obscure the sky.' the word 'But,' would be
correct, in that context it sounds correct.

In a single sentence I'd not make a pause, there's no point in doing so,
it's a one line interruption.

4. And never start a sentence with a conjunction.


Let that be a lesson to you.


Boring, boring, boring.

You and Des should meet up.
  #73 (permalink)  
Old February 23rd 04, 06:28 PM posted to uk.rec.audio.car,uk.rec.cars.4x4,uk.rec.cars.classic,uk.rec.motorcycles
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Default Totally OT: I have no time for drunk drivers

joe parkin wrote ...

sorry to be agreeing with Sir Tony mode ON You can let off a bomb in
Trafalgar Square, and depending on chance, and the time at which you let
it off, no one gets hurt.

A 'victimless crime' ?

Drunk driving is only 'victimless' as long as you're lucky enough not to
wipe someone out.


That argument goes for any type of driving, driving is an accident
waiting to happen, a pedestrian stepping out etc. Drink driving increases
the risk of it happening but so does driving more miles, or driving
tired, or lighting a tab etc.


Erm, wrong. 'Driving' in itself is not 'a crime'. So therefore, it can't
be 'a victimless crime'.

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Old February 23rd 04, 06:50 PM posted to uk.rec.audio.car,uk.rec.cars.4x4,uk.rec.cars.classic,uk.rec.motorcycles
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Default Totally OT: I have no time for drunk drivers

Ginge wrote ...

{ snip }

You and Des should meet up.


Why, so that I can kick him up and down the newsgroup ? Come on, Ginge: my
spelling and grammar flames are _class_.

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Old February 23rd 04, 07:38 PM posted to uk.rec.audio.car,uk.rec.cars.4x4,uk.rec.cars.classic,uk.rec.motorcycles
steve auvache
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Default Totally OT: I have no time for drunk drivers

wrote
joe parkin wrote ...

sorry to be agreeing with Sir Tony mode ON You can let off a bomb in
Trafalgar Square, and depending on chance, and the time at which you let
it off, no one gets hurt.

A 'victimless crime' ?

Drunk driving is only 'victimless' as long as you're lucky enough not to
wipe someone out.


That argument goes for any type of driving, driving is an accident
waiting to happen, a pedestrian stepping out etc. Drink driving increases
the risk of it happening but so does driving more miles, or driving
tired, or lighting a tab etc.


Erm, wrong. 'Driving' in itself is not 'a crime'. So therefore, it can't
be 'a victimless crime'.


It has been a long time since you have been a UK resident and it shows.



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Old February 23rd 04, 08:47 PM posted to uk.rec.audio.car,uk.rec.cars.4x4,uk.rec.cars.classic,uk.rec.motorcycles
Allan Bennett
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Default Totally OT: I have no time for drunk drivers

In article , Ginge
wrote:
In article , Allan Bennett says...
In article , Ginge
wrote:
But in both cases the sentence ends with "sonny".


Cor! You write good, dunnit?


aussie accent
Best 'ad to say it though, but.
/aussie accent

1. "Prepositions are not words to end sentences with." is an example of
irony. In your case, wasted irony.

2. Try to use punctuation correctly: ie "But, in both cases..."


It seems you imagine my speech would pause after the word 'but', is that
the case? I wrote that line exactly as I'd say the sentence, I'd not
pause after the word 'but'.


I did not imagine anything. Just because you don't talk proper doesn't mean
that not writing proper should be a natural consequence.


3. Try to understand sentence formation - and for what commas can be used
- got that, sonny? (expl: both sentences end with ", sonny", not just
"sonny".


I can see how if I'd written something along the lines of - 'The sky is
blue. But, sometimes clouds obscure the sky.' the word 'But,' would be
correct, in that context it sounds correct.


Invoke article 4:
4. And never start a sentence with a conjunction.

Rules for correct written English are not governed by what 'sounds correct'
to you.


In a single sentence I'd not make a pause, there's no point in doing so,
it's a one line interruption.


Errrk! Could you repeat that, using sensible punctuation, so that it makes
sense to the reader rather than just the speaker?

Perhaps not.

4. And never start a sentence with a conjunction.


Let that be a lesson to you.


Boring, boring, boring.


Ah! The simple, cheap, throwaway line. Always useful when you have no lucid
argument to offer.


Allan Bennett
Not a fan of bad examples

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Old February 23rd 04, 09:47 PM posted to uk.rec.audio.car,uk.rec.cars.4x4,uk.rec.cars.classic,uk.rec.motorcycles
Ginge
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Default Totally OT: I have no time for drunk drivers

In article , Allan Bennett says...
In article , Ginge


It seems you imagine my speech would pause after the word 'but', is that
the case? I wrote that line exactly as I'd say the sentence, I'd not
pause after the word 'but'.


I did not imagine anything. Just because you don't talk proper doesn't mean
that not writing proper should be a natural consequence.


How do you know I don't talk properly, have we met? :-)

When on Usenet I generally reply in a quickly typed, highly informal,
conversational style. I never spell-check and I very rarely proof read -
there are better things to waste my time upon. I find the informal
approach lends itself to the kind of lively banter often seen in
uk.rec.motorcycles, the newsgroup where I'm currently reading this
delightful cross-post.

In a single sentence I'd not make a pause, there's no point in doing so,
it's a one line interruption.


Errrk! Could you repeat that, using sensible punctuation, so that it makes
sense to the reader rather than just the speaker?

Perhaps not.


Treat it as though I was rudely interupting your diatribe, butting in
without drawing a single breath.

"Anyhow, I see no point in carrying on with this...

....At least not until I find my ingerlish teecher and sew hymn fer knot
teaching me write.... I were just a GCSE guinea-pig, for crying out
loud... They aint not teached us nuffink!"

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Old February 23rd 04, 09:49 PM posted to uk.rec.audio.car,uk.rec.cars.4x4,uk.rec.cars.classic,uk.rec.motorcycles
Catman
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Default Totally OT: I have no time for drunk drivers

Allan Bennett wrote:

In article ,
wrote:
Allan Bennett wrote in message
:

In article ,
pseudoplatypus URL:mailto
The plod go out looking for drunks at xmas. Other times of year,
detection is left to the safety cameras. I thought that would have
been obvious.

Obvious - but completely wrong.


Check your spelling, bloody useless drunk driver

So, how long have you been trying to use English for, sonny?

That should read:

"So, for how long have you been trying to use English, sonny?"

Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.


Allan Bennett Not a fan of pseuds in glass houses


Gosh, you're smart.

Care to work out how to use a sig seperator?


No thanks. I prefer the more technically correct 'separator'.

Actually, though, I have an atomagical one


ITYM automagical

- but it ain't clever enough to
formulate original stuff based on the content of the post - and I don't
use sigs, they're bad for your health.



Allan Bennett
Not a fan of burnt offerings


That would be a sig

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Old February 23rd 04, 09:52 PM posted to uk.rec.audio.car,uk.rec.cars.4x4,uk.rec.cars.classic,uk.rec.motorcycles
Catman
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Default Totally OT: I have no time for drunk drivers

Allan Bennett wrote:

In article , Ginge
wrote:


snip

Boring, boring, boring.


Ah! The simple, cheap, throwaway line. Always useful when you have no
lucid argument to offer.


But *oh* so true in your case

Allan Bennett
Not a fan of bad examples


That would be the sig you don't use again

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That, on the other hand, would be the sig separator that is
a) Broken
b) In the wrong place.


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