Behodar:

 

When people spell 'exalted' with a U and/or an H.

 

Uxolhed? 

Behodar:

 

When people spell 'exalted' with a U and/or an H.

 

I can think of precious few examples of the appropriate use of that word in the modern world regardless of the spelling!

Handsomedan:

 

This nonsense from Stuff. 

 

New Zealand was uniting to fight Covid-19, we were told. In reality, there were two versions of lockdown: while the working class kept the country safe and tidy, white-collar Kiwis eased into their home offices.

 

 

 

The actual article has some interesting stuff in it, but the clearly click-bait headline makes me feel quite aggrieved. 

 

I am a white collar worker, but I have hardly "eased into my home office"...I've worked long hours in a stressful job, with stressed out staff to deal with and stressed out customers to please. 

 

Grossly unfair to assume all office workers have the easy life. And it perpetrates the myth amongst those blue collar workers with a chip on their shoulders (I know a few). 

 

Article for reference

 

 

 

It is all part of the NZ idiom. Same reason the budget thinks we are all going to become tradesmen.

Excel:  Paste then tap ctrl then tap V for values only

Any other Office program: paste then ctrl then tap T for "Keep Text Only"

Wish it were the same!

Same thing with Word many years ago. I just used a simple macro program to rearrange it so everything worked with the same keypress.

madduck: When English speakers say "should of" or "could of" as in "I should of gone for a walk". It's "I should have gone for a walk". Also, the consistent and improper use of "me", as in "who wants"? "me!". It's "I do". And "who is home" should not be answered by "me and mum". It's "mum and I". AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

What's wrong with saying "I should've gone for a walk."?

The most important thing about communication is the recipient (listener, reader, viewer) understanding the intent of the message. English is great as a living language. We've gone from they/them being accepted for third-person singular, to it being unacceptable, and back to it being accepted by many, though not all.

I get annoyed with people getting annoyed with something not being done perfectly their way. "Good enough is good enough!"

BTW, if we're being picky, your use of "mum" should be capitalised as it is replacing her name in this instance. :)

Handsomedan:

 

Uxolhed? 

 

I managed to miss this reply until now, but I see 'exaulted' and 'exhaulted' relatively frequently.

Geektastic:

 

I can think of precious few examples of the appropriate use of that word in the modern world regardless of the spelling!

 

It's one of the reputation ranks in Warcraft so is seen fairly often when playing.

Shadowfoot:

What's wrong with saying "I should've gone for a walk."?

Shadowfoot:

 

madduck: When English speakers say "should of" or "could of" as in "I should of gone for a walk". It's "I should have gone for a walk". Also, the consistent and improper use of "me", as in "who wants"? "me!". It's "I do". And "who is home" should not be answered by "me and mum". It's "mum and I". AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

 

What's wrong with saying "I should've gone for a walk."?

 

The most important thing about communication is the recipient (listener, reader, viewer) understanding the intent of the message. English is great as a living language. We've gone from they/them being accepted for third-person singular, to it being unacceptable, and back to it being accepted by many, though not all.

 

I get annoyed with people getting annoyed with something not being done perfectly their way. "Good enough is good enough!"

 

BTW, if we're being picky, your use of "mum" should be capitalised as it is replacing her name in this instance. :)

 

When I hear or see "should of" (or anything similar) it indicates to me that person has a poor understanding of the English language and they are probably are "sloppy" in other areas potentially leading to miscommunication. 

I know I'm not perfect but there are some things like "should of" that are just sloppy use of the language IMO.

‘Less’ when they mean ‘fewer’. Example, ‘there are less apples in the bowl than yesterday’.

MadEngineer: Grammer complaints will fill pages if they haven’t already.

 

I see what you'of done theiyr're...

Remember is a diverse multi cultural society such as New Zealand English is not always the users primary language. If you can understand the intention accept it and move on.