Thank you vix.
Although you may not agree with everything I have said, you alone seem to have acknowledged that compatibility runs deep and even something as seemingly trivial as correct (or near correct) grammar can matter.
I asked a simple and valid question, perhaps in an ungainly manner, but have been vilified.
Lighten up people!
I hope you all noticed that I was far too polite to pick up on the petard faux pas until someone else did.
Where do you see signs of not taking it?
I'm in tomorrow already. That old time difference thing. Or have you still not worked out that "being from the UK" and "in the UK" are different. I noticed no one got back to me on that point.
I would also like to point out at this stage that there is a slight diffrence between the odd typo and a whole story written with the literary skill of a six year old.
The ability to edit is there for a reason.
Derek disagrees completely, but then he is also a sad illiterate fucker.
God, you people are so humourless. You don't even realise when someone is taking the piss.
For the record, there are three kinds of people.
a) Those that are good at maths.
b) Those that aren't
Well, that certainly woke you up. There seem to be three main points.
a) That I disappeared. For a start, I live in a different time zone, so may well be asleep when you are awake. Also, I do have other things to do.
b) "Swingers Stories" does not need an apostrophe. These are stories written by (supposed) swingers. It therefore requires an apostrophe. If they were stories about swingers the description would correctly read "Swinger Stories".
I thank you for your interest in my queston and you have certainly shown that the answer to my question is "No." However, I still say that the standard of English in the Stories section is lamentable.
I have been reading stories in the "Swingers Stories" (sic) area and some of the threads here. I have a question.
Is it necessary to be functionally illiterate to be a swinger?
I was talking with my brother on the phone, when there was a loud clatter and the line went dead.
A few minutes later the phone rang again and he said that he had dropped the phone and cut us off.
A few minutes later there was the same clatter and again we were cut off.
A few minutes later the phone rang again. I picked it up and said "You are a stupid fucker, aren't you?"
My rather sedate and very proper father-in-law said "Pardon?"
I hung up!