North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

Dying indeed, if the distinction between its and it's is so completely lost- or are you blaming that on AI?

 

Sorry @Drewry Car but this did make me chuckle. And yes, as a professional writer*, I've been hoist by my own petard in that manner many times

One only has to take a cursory glance at the BBC news and sport web sites (two words) to see how radically standards in British English have dropped over the past decade, long before AI was on everybody's lips. That's the globalisation (predominantly Americanisation) of the language, thanks to social media for you.

But you can't say anything because, apparently, it 'doesn't matter'. It's funny how poorly written words 'don't matter'... yet, when anybody gets numbers wrong, it does.

* Who is living the reality of losing my livelihood, thanks to every business rushing to use AI.

 

That's 'it don't matter'...

 

Sort of, as it was created by predictive text. Definitely guilty as charged though!

The disconcerting issue for me are the three typical responses to corrections..

"Does it matter?"

"Language evolves"

"Don't be such a Grammar N**i"

In other words, I am in the wrong for being right in their eyes. Doesn't stop me trying though!

 

I'm not much assuaged by that - and if I were booking, it is the type of thing that has made me empty my basket and say "screw them".

 

I was in Pickering today. Very pleasant weather and a number of families with young children etc, which was good to see. Thomas was dragged TnT by the gronk, the steam engine facing York. However, it wasn't that busy.

 

Footbridge news.

https://www.yorkmix.com/88k-contract-agreed-for-temporary-footbridge-at-grosmont