tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5885721414924598154.post881921199271571242..comments2022-04-16T18:05:27.386+01:00Comments on Arnish Lighthouse: 800 years agoADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5885721414924598154.post-86897624136508246672009-10-20T19:55:13.000+01:002009-10-20T19:55:13.000+01:00They did manage to spell "school "correc...They did manage to spell "school "correctly, did they??thelandladynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5885721414924598154.post-59926285977045660572009-10-20T20:45:26.000+01:002009-10-20T20:45:26.000+01:00That'll be just after noon then about an hour ...That'll be just after noon then about an hour before Bannockburn, which as we were all taught took place just before a quarter past one.<br>Sensibly though, it does reflect the lack of proof reading which seems to have come with spell checkers. If you can rely on the computer to pick up most errors then why check anything?Hyper-Boreanhttp://kingdomcat.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5885721414924598154.post-38275941035173132052009-10-20T21:58:14.000+01:002009-10-20T21:58:14.000+01:00Proof-reading went out with computer, HB! Good to ...Proof-reading went out with computer, HB! Good to know that the jarls of the Suderöarna were so keen on education.Barneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5885721414924598154.post-90776100401768833432009-10-21T10:45:51.000+01:002009-10-21T10:45:51.000+01:00That's not so much lack of proofreading as stu...That's not so much lack of proofreading as stupidity, surely! It must be reassuring to know that everybody involved is so on the ball.Jillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5885721414924598154.post-73438707635118918112009-10-21T15:51:37.000+01:002009-10-21T15:51:37.000+01:00There was a time when you could rely on official b...There was a time when you could rely on official bodies to have a reasonable standard of education, enough to present news and notices in proper english, and enough respect for their readers to check for typos, however these days mistakes are everywhere, including on the telly (*why* am I so surprised at that!), and in all manner of publications. One of the worst is the 'aberrant apostrophe' whose cause was espoused by the late Keith Waterhouse in the Mirror.<br><br>And you only have to look at Ms Moir's article about the late Stephen Gateley to see how much research is done before expressing a not-very-nice view ...<br><br>I guess my views really place me in the 'older generation' don't they ...? After all, spelling, punctuation and grammar really are not that important in the scheme of things now, are they ...<br><br>l8rs,Soapladynoreply@blogger.com