[MlMt] English grammar correction

MailMate at ivdcs.co.uk MailMate at ivdcs.co.uk
Thu Oct 8 07:35:06 EDT 2020


On 2020-10-08 12:06, Ken Pope wrote:
>>> You can turn that warning off in user preferences (composer tab). I 
>>> personally find it useful.
>>
>> The warning is useful, the complaint is about the "MTV" style of 
>> language: __anyways__ is not a generally recognised conjunction (I 
>> think that's the part of speech here).
> 
> A minority view: I like the informality.  The adverb “always” is 
> accepted as informal English.  If formal English is required, “Send 
> anyways?” would need to be rephrased as a complete sentence.  Anyways, 
> just my $.02. :)

As an English person in England 'anyways' isn't a word of any sort. 
Never heard it used here. Vaguely remember hearing it in American TV 
shows. It may have been in use in England before America was so named.

David



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