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I've got a graduate who joined me 5 months ago. I get this literally every day. She doesn't realise how smart she is.
Less often my son and his maths homework  |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"lol!!
I'll still have to make a concerted effort to get it right every time though!! "
I'm very proud of you. You can see that that have wouldn't work in that sentence, can't you?
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"I've got a graduate who joined me 5 months ago. I get this literally every day. She doesn't realise how smart she is.
Less often my son and his maths homework "
One day it will all come together for your son. As for the graduate that's one of the joys of nurturing people new to a role.
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"By Jove! I think s/he's got it.
What one thing have you passed on and seen someone pick it up and get it right?
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Nothing that comes to mind. However I am a big fan of delegation when I cant be arsed. I call it 'allowing subordinates to expand their skill set' |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"And I'll admit I still don't really understand why it should be have and not of but if it saves me getting told off again.... "
"Of" is the relationship between things (proud of you, three out of five etc.).
"Have" is the possess/own or experience something (I have a new car, I should have had a bath etc.). |
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"Ohhhh I just googled it and now I understand.. Could've.. Not could of. Could past tense of can. Can of makes no sense. Must be can have. 
My cup of pride over-floweth .
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In my defence according to Google there are misuses of it as early as 1830.. So people were thick long before me |
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"Is this a grammar lesson?
Well, the post is about anything you have passed on.
I passed on some grammar.
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Oh I see, I passed on some map reading tips to Luke whilst we were in Rome, a 15 minute walking journey took us 2.5 hours due to Luke's directions  |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Is this a grammar lesson?
Well, the post is about anything you have passed on.
I passed on some grammar.
Oh I see, I passed on some map reading tips to Luke whilst we were in Rome, a 15 minute walking journey took us 2.5 hours due to Luke's directions "
He took the scenic route.
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"Is this a grammar lesson?
Well, the post is about anything you have passed on.
I passed on some grammar.
Oh I see, I passed on some map reading tips to Luke whilst we were in Rome, a 15 minute walking journey took us 2.5 hours due to Luke's directions
He took the scenic route.
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The very scenic route, God knows where we would have ended up if I hadn't happened to notice a certain dome in the far distance. |
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I passed on some basic computer skills to my dad. It took him an hour (with much swearing and wailing amd nashing of teeth) to learn how to copy and paste. |
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There was a guy at school who always said/wrote of instead of have. The Headmaster, who was also our English teacher, made him write out "I would have got more marks in my English test if I had written 'have' instead of 'of'" 100 times |
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Going over and over inverse functions with a yr 11 girl in her maths class. After her mock exam she ran up to me and screamed I remembered! We had a few moments like that  |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
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"Going over and over inverse functions with a yr 11 girl in her maths class. After her mock exam she ran up to me and screamed I remembered! We had a few moments like that "
That's genuinely lovely, Miss! |
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