Attempted Scunthorpe abduction: Police follow e-fit leads and focus on Mercedes car

“Calm down children and play nicely please”

“Englander61,
Again I see another of your posts filled with vitriol about being corrected over your poor punctuation and grammar. In the early seventies, my english mother thought that it was important that her immigrant children learnt the mother tongue seeing as we were most likley going to be resident here.
We were constantly harangued for using slang and poor grammar/punctuation was looked upon as a desire not to communicate properly.
I would challenge that how you present your content is as important as its delivery, otherwise you can easily be misinterpreted.”

“I find englander's comments very difficult to read: strange commas all over the place, spaces before full-stops, completely bizarre use of the apostrophe... I'm wondering if he learned to speak English in 1930's Germany, it would explain some of his comments.

And yes, I can change a wheel and a plug, run up a pair of curtains, play the violin and ride a motorcycle, but not at the same time.”

“Sorry to upset you John John but I wasn't taught to spell instead of doing "useful" things. I got that as well. I think you'll find that being thick doesn't automatically make you good with your hands. And I'm not sure that Dellboy would even recognise irony. He probably thinks it's a bit like steely or brassy ;-()”

“englander61
Yes I have got to agree with you on that one, it makes me laugh though as all these so educated people who are running our banks /schools / councils and governments are making such a great job of it. The country is bankrupt and the education system is producing lots of youngsters with degrees in media studies and leisure or similar knowing that the future for these poor youngsters is a life working for fast food outlets or stacking shelves in the local supermarket which most individuals are capable of doing. I would bet that some of those in the grammar / spelling brigade would not be able o change a plug on a kettle or a wheel on a car, I would think they would pick up the phone and talk posh requesting the services of a thicko to go help them out. Being able to spell or use grammar correctly is not going to get your spare wheel fitted before it gets dark so you are able to make it home safely is it? Every person has advantages and disadvantages and therefore complements each other. A brain surgeon is unable to perform his / her duties unless the cleaning person has cleaned the operating theatre to the highest of standards.”

“The spelling brigade are just sad people who have no comments to make ,Its a shame .Some times its the content that's important not the grammar or spelling . And look at the ratings doe,s not look right to me . Are they school teachers with plenty of time on their hands or politicians that think they are better than common people . SAD none the less .”

“@ Pyzic lol,
I'm not biting so your wasting your time,let the readers decide.”

“surely good old detective work would have them using dvla database with black mercedes cars in a cerain radius and photo from licence of owner also available at dvla”

“Looking for a five-door Mercedes car? So, would that make it either an Estate or a Hatchback? Most older Mercedes are Saloons, right?
Maybe I'm just being picky, but all the same, not very clear.”

“He wasn't being ironic. Anyone who uses grammar that badly needs an actual Plumb in their mouth. I.E. Lead.”