Where's Di Dougherty off to?

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Tonight's her last night working for Sky apparently.

Yes that's the one! Better looking than her Dad thank God.

Very pleasing to the eye

Bit too brassy in a TV Presenter sort of way. Wouldn't say no, but not really my type.

Davie wrote:typo's ray?

Davie - "typo's" is an abbreviation, hence the apostrophe.

... think I've covered myself

raycastleunited wrote:

Davie wrote:typo's ray?

Davie - "typo's" is an abbreviation, hence the apostrophe.

... think I've covered myself

Not in the horse racing sense I hope

ray - typos is just a shorthand for typographical errors (still no apostrophe)

Don't worry I'm only yanking your chain - I'm no grammar nazi - just get a small kick out of pointing out small foul-ups when they are themselves pointing out grammar errors

Davie wrote:ray - typos is just a shorthand for typographical errors (still no apostrophe)

Don't worry I'm only yanking your chain - I'm no grammar nazi - just get a small kick out of pointing out small foul-ups when they are themselves pointing out grammar errors

Careful Davie you sounded like hibbz or gael there

Oi, I 'eard that.

As it happens, I thought raycastle's "typo's" 'apostriphical' error was deliberate.

Don't worry Davie, no offence taken. I understand that pointing out errors sets me up to be shot at! However, a grammatical error in an informal chat forum cannot compare with an error in the biography of a professional writer.

I would have thought that as typo is an abbreviation, you insert an apostrophe to indicate the omission of one or more letters, i.e:

typo[graphical error]s = typo's

I guess you would spell it typos when the word typo enters the dictionary as a standlone word in its own right. Maybe it already has. Who's in dictionary corner today?

raycastleunited wrote:Don't worry Davie, no offence taken. I understand that pointing out errors sets me up to be shot at! However, a grammatical error in an informal chat forum cannot compare with an error in the biography of a professional writer.

I would have thought that as typo is an abbreviation, you insert an apostrophe to indicate the omission of one or more letters, i.e:

typo[graphical error]s = typo's

I guess you would spell it typos when the word typo enters the dictionary as a standlone word in its own right. Maybe it already has. Who's in dictionary corner today?

See your logic, Ray, but then typo would have to be typo' in the same way phone used to be 'phone.