hughes

[Jeffro]

What a superb insightful post.

[Norths]

Thats fair enough, we all have our own "pet hates", but not everybody has the same standard literacy skills as others. For example, massive stereotype/generalisation here and I apologise for any offence caused, but a bricklayer isnt going to worry as much about ensuring capital letters are used in correct places whilst typing on an internet forum as, say, an English teacher might be.
Having it bother you is fine (in all honesty when I read certain posts I notice the incorrect words also - I am a nerd like that), but IMHO, going out of the way to make a snidey comment flagging it up, really is about as petulant as it gets and gives the impression, to me anyway, the poster is trying to belittle the person who may have used the incorrect grammar.

Have to agree with you on that matty, especially the point about flagging it up.

[QPRDave]

What a superb insightful post.

which one?!

[Jeffro]

The opening statement

[QPRDave]

The opening statement

yes ain't it just, obviously players stop performing at 30, and are completely useless.....Giggs, Scholes Pirlo....

[SANDERSON8]

Either a foolham fan, a little kid, or an oldie who is new to the computer world!

Or a newbie that knows it all

[QPR71]

acricketer is quite right though. Some of the standards of grammar on here are shocking. Typos are one thing, but basic lack of grammar is another. My personal pet hate is when people write 'would of' instead of 'would have'.

But each to their own. If people are happy to display their lack of English comprehension on a public forum, that's up to them.

when two parts of a sentence are joined with "but" a comma is superfluous

[QPR71]

also "but" shouldnt be used to begin a sentence

[MattyRangers]

also "but" shouldnt be used to begin a sentence

when two parts of a sentence are joined with "but" a comma is superfluous

Classic!

[QPR Richard]

when two parts of a sentence are joined with "but" a comma is superfluous

It's not "but" but 'but'. It's single speech marks in England and double in American English

Anyway, back to Hughes...

[QPR Richard]

also "but" shouldnt be used to begin a sentence

Not true:

Beginning a sentence with a conjunction can also be a useful way of conveying surprise:
*
And are you really going?
But didn’t she tell you?

Source?

http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/conjunctions

As I say, back to Hughes...

[QPR71]

unless i'm directly quoting

[QPR71]

as narrative, starting a sentence with 'but' is fine. not for standard grammar though

[LoftusRoadLad]

But...aint this a thread about Hughy ?

[SuperHoopNik]

Hold on a minute, what if this is W12 on another account trying to prove a point?