Looks like they are trying to protect the kids, which at least republicans in this country would agree upon. "bans Internet cafes within 220 yards of schools because of its fears that children could become exposed to pornography or hooked on online video games. Internet cafes that admit minors "have brought great harm to the mental health of teenagers and interfered with the school teaching, which has aroused strong reaction from the public," the General Administration for Industry and Commerce said in a statement, as reported by Xinhua. In one case last month, an Internet cafe in the western city of Chongqing was fined after two teenagers spent more than 48 hours playing an online video game, then fell asleep on a railroad track and were killed by a train. "
Well, since nobody else wants to tell him, I will. Mike: He was trying to spell "Suits". Nice try, though.
Look in the thread title again. I knew the Queen's English was different than the dialect we ignorant Yankees speak, but that just looks weird.
He was given every opportunity to correct himself, he did not, and I was not going to allow the sensibilities of the posters on the Politics board to be threatened by such a callous disregard for aesthetics! Syntax was defended. The laws of word choice were upheld. The English Language is more secure today because of my actions. *******Mission Accomplished!*******
Ah, but in England we clearly not only have freedom of speech (or speach) but freedom of spelling as well. Cynics may point the blame at the alarming decision by education chiefs 10-15 years ago to not correct the spelling of schoolkids, on the grounds that having their work returned with words crossed out and corrected in red pen would demoralise the little darlings, and kerb their creative instincts. Personally I see at as a brave attempt to return to the middle ages, when language was more fluid and spelling itself was an example of personal expression - William Shakespeare himself spelled his own name four different ways, neither of which took the spelling "Shakespeare". Only if youngsters are given the chance to rid themselves of the correct-spelling straight-jacket will they be able to have the chance to create several thousand new words like Shakespear did. It is this single act which means that one of today's bad spellers in England could well go on to write a series of classic plays which could well bore the pants off future generations of schoolkids for centuries to come.