If you was KING!

[DamperMan]

The general premise of this nonsense is for you to say what you would do if you was KING....

If was King! For a start.......

• We'd not have more than one  meanings for the same word.    sore, saw, too, to etc....  
• Silent letters have no use..... Gone    so we'd have nifes, nobs, lites.   
• We'd lose the U after Q since is they are always together lets assume its there... Any qestions?
•  I'd definitely look at the use of adjectives....  More hard (harder), Less hard (softer),  more bouncy (bouncier), Less bouncy (??), more powerful (powerful-er!), Less powerful (?).   More old (older), less old (younger).      Using 2 words seems to work fine always without needing to sometimes convert to one word.
• i before e always no exceptions...   this is not rocket Science

 

• The most important change would be to the internal combustion engine...  All would have to have a proper engine configuration V... all others banned....   how much better would life be if we all had V4's, v6's and V8's .    Mowing the grass could be done with a smile.  Any cheating with flat plain cranks would be banned also.  
• Recycling of vehicles without melting them down would be considered green and tax free.
• Christmas would be in the summer and always on a Sunday.    That way we'd get time off work when its nice westy driving weather.  Also Sunday just because it cuts down on the big flatulence meals to cook.

 

[Kingster]

I am 

[Captain Colonial]

2 hours ago, Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO said:

I am 

Done in one.

[Yanto]

2 hours ago, DamperMan said:

The general premise of this nonsense is for you to say what you would do if you was KING....

If was King! For a start.......

• We'd not have more than one  meanings for the same word.    sore, saw, too, to etc....  
• Silent letters have no use..... Gone    so we'd have nifes, nobs, lites.   
• We'd lose the U after Q since is they are always together lets assume its there... Any qestions?
•  I'd definitely look at the use of adjectives....  More hard (harder), Less hard (softer),  more bouncy (bouncier), Less bouncy (??), more powerful (powerful-er!), Less powerful (?).   More old (older), less old (younger).      Using 2 words seems to work fine always without needing to sometimes convert to one word.
• i before e always no exceptions...   this is not rocket Science

 

 

If I were a King I would ensure that all of my subjects were taught English, their grammar, spelling and usage would be of a the highest order .

exempli gratia:

To is not the same word as too;

Knife is singular, Knives are plural;

When U follows Q it is to form a sound;

Less bouncy = firmer, "powerful-er" ( shame on you), Less powerful = weaker, why use two words when one will suffice?

However, I know that "DamperMan" was just merely having a laugh, you were weren't you ? 

[Nick Algar - Competition Secretary]

2 hours ago, Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO said:

I am 

That explains the smug look on your face. And I thought it was because you'd just been for a blat in the Westie

[Thrustyjust]

2 hours ago, Nick - Joint North East AO said:

That explains the smug look on your face. And I thought it was because you'd just been for a blat in the Westie

Only if he pushes it round where he lives currently 

[pistonbroke]

Surprising today how many don't seem to know the difference between "brought" past simple and past participle of bring & "bought"   past simple and past participle of buy

maybe we just got lazier  

[Kingster]

My "pedant mode" pet hate is the number of times people ask for "advise" when they mean advice - and don't get me started on apostrophes!

OK, maybe there's more important things to worry about... 

[AdamR]

7 hours ago, Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO said:

Don't get me started on apostrophes!

Don't you mean apostrophe's? 

 

[Man On The Clapham Omnibus]

I am leader of the Pedants' Revolt!

Signed,

Whom Tyler

[dombanks]

What about an Oxford comma? 

[DamperMan]

I'll comma dodge that! 

[Quinten]

Isn't it "If you were king?"

[Kingster]

56 minutes ago, Quinten said:

Isn't it "If you were king?"

Pedant...

[jeff oakley]

If I was King, I would abolish the monarchy and use the money to ensure that all pensioners were looked after as well as Liz and Phil and use Buckingham Palace as a care home.