On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:49:31 +0100, David Rance wrote:

In message , Jim S
writes
On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:33:52 +0100, David Rance wrote:

In message , David Hill
writes
On 24/07/2014 17:05, wrote:
Malcolm wrote:

In article , 'Mike'
writes
I ain't no good at spelin or grammer and I know that there are some
experts here and those that converse with me off line who are both good
at spelin and gramer, but I have a problem with a piece I am trying to
write.

When to use 'spilt' and when to use 'spilled'.

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They're interchangeable. Use which you like whenever you like. However,
some uses have become conventional, e.g. spilt milk not spilled milk,
but it really doesn't matter as long as it is comprehensible.

In much the same way as spelled and spelt are interchangeable.

These don't bother me half as much as ........
the now common usage of "For Free"
the use of "Times it by..." instead of multiply it by
and the use of "Faux" instead of Fake

Or those people, when you ask them how they are, say, "I'm good"!

I'm asking after their health, not their behaviour!

David

I quite like that as I'm not the slightest bit interested in their health,
nor are you I fancy.

I only ask people I know well. But I do object to someone young enough
to be my grandson and whom I've never met before demanding (yes,
demanding!) to know how I am, and they get very sniffy if I don't
answer.

David

Say "I'm good", they will be satisfied and get on with trying to sell you
something you don't want
OR hang up/ask to speak to a grown-up.
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Jim S

"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:08:18 +0100, "'Mike'"
wrote:

I ain't no good at spelin or grammer and I know that there are some experts
here and those that converse with me off line who are both good at spelin
and gramer, but I have a problem with a piece I am trying to write.

When to use 'spilt' and when to use 'spilled'.

Hhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeellllllllllpppppppppppppppppp

Mike


Context!

I would use "the water has been spilt" as a statement and "have you
spilled the water?" as a question.

Steve

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Thank you very much to everyone who responded to this question. Thanks to
those on line and those who emailed me, especially Grace 'my own private
English teacher' ;-)

Steve asked 'context'.

I had too many contributions for my broadcast on Wednesday and I have had to
carry some over for next week's and I wanted to say that some have
spilt/spilled over. (Got a lot more now so it will be a running series for
quite some time :-))

Thanks again folks

Mike

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