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Thread ID: 61235 2005-08-29 08:05:00 Which one should I go for? Vodafone or Telecom? :@@: Renmoo (66) PC World Chat
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384497 2005-08-30 06:05:00 Thanks to everybody for your replies.

Thank you to everyone that replied.

Thanks to everybody that replied.


Thanks sam m for that wonderfully insightful and useful post. What would we ever do without you?
Edward (31)
384498 2005-08-30 07:11:00 Thanks sam m for that wonderfully insightful and useful post. What would we ever do without you?

as per jameskan sig


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that insightful, and I wasnt even harsh.
sam m (517)
384499 2005-08-30 07:49:00 my old nokia 2280 could take a RIM card, i had no idea what that was for though Prescott (11)
384500 2005-08-30 09:16:00 as per jameskan sig



that insightful, and I wasnt even harsh.
May I know what grammar mistake had I did in "Thanks everybody for their replies"?

Cheers :)
Renmoo (66)
384501 2005-08-30 19:24:00 May I know what grammar mistake had I did in "Thanks everybody for their replies"?

Cheers :)
I dont know the linguistic rules about your statement and to be honest your intention is clearly understood, but it just sounds wrong. I think it is to do with 'possesive and/or tense'' of 'their'. For some reason your statement sounds like you are talking to someone else about something they (everybody) offered you (their replies). Which in actual fact you were directing your comments directly to the group (everybody) for the replies they gave you.
sam m (517)
384502 2005-08-30 19:53:00 "Thanks everybody, for your replies" might have fitted NZ vernacular better .

This is an informal forum so similarly informal English is appropriate, but basic rules of grammar, punctuation, and dare I say it, spelling, should be kept in mind .

Personally I think your english skills are excellent, and considerably better than many of the native English speakers we see here .

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
384503 2005-08-30 20:47:00 "Thanks everybody, for your replies" might have fitted NZ vernacular better .

This is an informal forum so similarly informal English is appropriate, but basic rules of grammar, punctuation, and dare I say it, spelling, should be kept in mind .

Personally I think your english skills are excellent, and considerably better than many of the native English speakers we see here .

Cheers

Billy 8-{)

I agree 100% .

When I was in Tonga many years ago the winner of the Tongan speech competition for that year was a Palagi (Pakeha) . The reason was because he was not a native speaker he studied the precriptive laws of the language so everything he said was 100% perfect (althugh he had a noticeable accent) .
sam m (517)
384504 2005-08-31 07:58:00 or just, wicked, thanks guys :thumbs: Prescott (11)
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