Mike,reference {!. or ?.} - not bad, or even as far as I can tell wrong, just a "signature". Denise and I went to the same primary school, where the much feared Mrs Turner, of hated memory, instilled that "an exclamation or question mark already has a full stop.", reinforcing her dictum with a wooden ruler welted across one's knuckles. Pavlov again! So, it all depends on who taught you and when. Fashions in language change with every generation- the latest fad I hate is the ridiculous reply "I'm good!" if you ask someone if they would like a coffee!
...this forum looks rather dyslectic.
Wolfgang,
dyslexia; from Greek:
dys = bad, and Greek:
lexis = word:
Acute difficulty in reading and spelling caused by a condition in the brain. We must all have this condition to a certain extent, since we continue to misspell words even after being corrected.
The
correct spelling is
dyslexic, BTW!
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Rod; yes, it's fashion rearing its colourful head again! [ Notice the correct difference between
it's and
its, in terms of abbreviation and ownership? ]. Anything French being considered fashionable just at the point [18C-19C] when spelling became important for mass printing. As Mark has pointed out, Webster went one way [ie. traditional], we went the other, led by the same sort of control-freaks who are forcing PC down our gullets today.
Fingers crossed, no mistakes!
Alan
Edit mistake! Bolleaux!
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