Employing idiots?

I'm learning Spanish and have trouble getting to grips with the grammar sections because i don't actually know what terms like past participle mean in English.

Petallus Just spent 3 weeks on entrance exam for FE. Course is nothing at all to do with the need for Eng (Lang) or (Lit) but I have had to send essay after essay plus other written English and verbal tests. I got to that point where I didn't know my Future Perfect to Future Continuous and left elbow from the right. Wonder if the examiner knows Double Dutch.

Charlotte rather similar to my coffee machine saga!

I'll wander off the thread with you petal and tell you that I think I have changed more since retirement than any time in the previous 30 years! all down to attitude.

My point being, times change and older folk often don't change with them.

It said on the radio that these days it is okay to split an infinitive.

Gracesmum Don't forget the Normans and the Vikings - or the Romans even. (Just practicing my upper and lower cases really.)

even.

Has anyone had to call BT for IT help? Just asking. Just throwing a little more raw onion into the pot. {grin}

Nicely done, Charlotte!

Aka I am never rude unintentionally.

The thread was about employing idiots, not a word I would have chosen,Oh I don't know though.
Nothing to do with being xenophobic, but about the "idiots" we have voted in, (employed) that will allow another mass immigration into our, already, overpopulated country.Refrain from arguing,ignore my post as has been suggested (The typical approach to the forthcoming problem).Don't attempt to vilify me in the usual "ladylike" manner, smile.Just abide a while and see if I am correct.
The immigrants did not create this situation, they just exploit it.Blame the idiots we employ. (Is that better? Seems like the thread to me)

To get back to the original post - I gave my accountant everything he needs to complete my tax return, after 6 weeks he emails me to say he needs another document. I know I put that document with the everything I sent him (everything in separate clearly marked folders), so emailed back asking him to double check. Later received email to say he had "tracked it down" . This happens every year.

I am now considering whether I need to do a self assessment tax return in future as my income has considerably reduced.

It's not so much the correcting the grammar, I think that was for clarification. It was the 'when at you going to learn how to speak English?' which I found rude.

I think it's rude to correct other people's grammar!

Reddevil - I don't think anybody was referring to your post , but rather the one about waves of East European immigrants, which most of us chose to ignore!

I am neither racist or xenophobic. There are 5 different nationalities in my immediate family.
All I was pointing out was that if somebody is employed to give information about the firm's products, they should be able to express themselves correctly. And this lad was English, or rather he spoke as if it was his first language. I made an innocent remark and was jumped on for it.

Graces totally with you!

Lothian? Where did the scots come from?
I typed SMOOTH!

I like s,Lothian soups. It will also make sauces, throw in chunks of meat, tomatoes, celery , carrot. Cook, blend:- sphaggetti bolognese sauce.
Oh! Forgot stock cube and any herbs or wine or nutmeg you want to add!
Add coriander powder, cumin powder, fresh chillies or chilli powder, blend, then add the beans, simmer again and you have chilli con carne!

I do that, Galen,in a large saucepan, but I don't blend it because I like the vegetables to be whole. I have a slow cooker too, but it is not big enough to make enough soup or stew for three meals, which I find most economical. I just eat one portion and freeze two.

Greatnan I swear by mine. I don't use it for sautéing although it says it will! But I just chuck veg , stock cube and water in, set timer, let it bubble way, then turn to blend and abracacadabra, soup.

I once asked my husband to arrange an ambulance for a patient who had broken his leg.
After he had been asked the name, address and what was wrong with patient, the next question was 'Can he walk?'
Reply by exasperated husband:- 'Not unless he walks on his hands!'