The Oracle has spoken. Read it rlhererl...

Sorry for being pathetically pedantic, but when referring to something which technically "belongs" to someone - i.e Huddersfield's pack, it's "their" not "there". I've bit my tongue for quite a while on here, but the grammar and spelling at times on here is pretty shocking! Worst offender seems to be statements including "should of" as in "they should of done this" etc - Surely there must be more people out there that know this should read "should have" or "should've" and that "should of" doesn't exist???!!!

Sorry - I'll no doubt get shot down royally for this, but what can I do - I'm a teacher - it's my job to educate On a serious note though, I always think that poor spelling and grammar undermines the effectiveness of a post.

On a less academic note, whislt I suppose poor spelling and grammar can be tolerated given the country wide state of education over the past decade or so, I can't understand how people who claim to be fans of a team can spell players' names incorrecty! The number of times for example that I've both heard and read the name "Burrows" is amazing - where the hell do people keep getting the "s" from?

To be fair as long as its readable ah don’t give a dadburn about spellin'. Af'er all this hyar isn’t an elitist gatherin' whar ev'ryone has t'be puffick. This hyar is a fo'um whar we share our views rather than corncentrate on sumpin thet sh'd only be corncentrated on when used in a professhunal situashun.

Good article agin Tad! Fry mah hide!

Perhaps, but the fact that so many people don't give the first damn about spelling nowadays is one of many contributing factors to the undeniable fact that this country has gone severely downhill over the past 10 years or so - but hey, for those happy to remain blissfully ignorant or completely carefree re their lack of ability to write coherently and accurately that's their choice - not one I'd make, but then again we all have different standards

This country has gone downhill thanks to a failing political and monetary system. The bailout that’s currently going on is nothing more than a ticking time bomb that will lead us back to where we currently are. To say that spelling is the cause of this country downfall you are clearly deluded.

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Course, there's a world of difference between a typo and a spelling or grammatical error, as ene fule kno.

He could be coming back for the saints game!

Standards of education and attitude are clearly slipping year upon year - ask any teacher and they'll say the same. Also, would the government be pumping a hell of a lot of time and money into a new "one-to-one" tutoring initiative if they weren't massively (and quite rightly so) concerned about the standards of ability in both Maths and English in this country? On average, it's getting to the stage where there are more people who can't spell or do basic mental arithmetic than those who can - if that isn't an indication that, in terms of basic ability, this nation is well and truly on the slide what is?

Fair play, and I suppose I asked for that - but I would far rather make the odd typo from time to time than have no idea how to spell properly or construct a correct grammatical sentance. Similarly I would back my ability and speed with mental arithmetic against pretty much anyone, but from time to time I can make as bad a slip up as the next person - even geniuses are human

Hence the reason I said "one of many" contributing factors - do you not think lack of intelligence and basic mathmatical ability has led some people to get into the huge debt they are in?