http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ the rantings of James Collett en-us Matthew1471's BlogX / BlogX.co.uk Content © 2009 James Collett http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.blogrant.co.uk/RSS/Image.jpg http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ 100 100 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:59 +0100 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:48 +0100 Social http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=39 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/Comments.asp?Entry=39 I'm chuffed to find that MSN and their friends have done the hard work and gathered together a bunch of examples of irritating language gaffs.<br><br>As another case of bad grammar on a road sign makes the headlines, MSN presents a <br><a href="http://news.uk.msn.com/in-pictures/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=149290158" target="_New"><br>gallery<br></a>... <a href="http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=39">Read More (654 Characters)</a> Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:38 Social http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=31 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/Comments.asp?Entry=31 Here's a copy of an email I have just sent through to NTL. Am I being unreasonably harsh?<br><br>++ begin ++<br><br>Responding to yet another flyer offering the amazing NTL sevices, I visited your web site to see what is available. I followed your link to find out... <a href="http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=31">Read More (957 Characters)</a> Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:06 Social http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=26 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/Comments.asp?Entry=26 Quote:-<br><br><div style="background:white; color:blue;">Ministers are considering plans to let adults appoint someone who could block life-sustaining treatment if they were too ill to do so themselves. <br>The Mental Capacity Act, which comes into force next year, gives people the chance to appoint someone who can instruct a doctor on their behalf. <br><br>Under plans to implement the act, they would need to indicate if this included powers to refuse life-sustaining care. <br><br><font color=red>But critics have said the proposals amount to "back-door euthanasia". </font><br></div>Read the full BBC story, "New powers over death considered", here:-<br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/uk/4660984.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/uk/4660984.stm</a>... <a href="http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=26">Read More (559 Characters)</a> Fri, 3 Jun 2005 10:11 Social http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=15 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/Comments.asp?Entry=15 I have been researching camcorders on the internet and I recently sent an inquiry through the "Contact Us" form at an online electrical retailer, namely www.121electricals.co.uk.<br><br>I sent this through over the Bank Holiday weekend break, on the Monday jus... <a href="http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=15">Read More (972 Characters)</a> Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:50 Social http://www.blogrant.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?Entry=6 http://www.blogrant.co.uk/Comments.asp?Entry=6 If people are being beaten up in the backstreets, should we establish clinics where they can be attacked in hygienic conditions?