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Post by oldnick on Mar 8, 2015 10:10:54 GMT
They were called apostrophes when I were a lad!
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Post by oldnick on Mar 8, 2015 10:12:23 GMT
Or was that a set of tea-spoons?
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Post by jonno on Mar 8, 2015 13:50:49 GMT
I had 'arf me stomach removed over this very issue. Left me with a semi-colon.
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Post by xyon100 on Mar 8, 2015 14:08:29 GMT
The comment about me being in business.....I am, have been for 35 years. That business is based in Belgium and functions in three languages. Everything that goes out to customers is written by one person and then proof read by a mother tongue speaker of that language. If you want to pick holes in the use of language, I suggest you don't bother with my sloppy forum posts and pay more attention to your business partners. When I see glaring mistakes like that, I wonder what else can go unnoticed.
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Post by xyon100 on Mar 8, 2015 14:19:08 GMT
'Why is I am seeing so many mistakes'? Lucky you don't work for yourself xyon , you would have a terrible conundrum. Then there is all that suspect punctuation such as commas. I have changed two to red for discussion purposes. Let's not begin to point out errant apostrophes, especially when trying to write about crossing tee's and dotting eye's! ""I have changed two to red for discussion purposes.""
The discussion was Ablrate and what appears to be sloppiness in the business, not me. If you want to play the language and grammar Nazi with fellow posters then there are numerous outlets for your immaturity. By the way, you are more than welcome to join the P2P forums here in Belgium. Well, if you could manage to understand a singe word.
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Post by ablrateandy on Mar 8, 2015 14:27:51 GMT
Moving swiftly on.... let's keep the discussion on point please . Point taken and we think that you will be pleasantly surprised when the changes are put in place.
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Post by xyon100 on Mar 8, 2015 14:42:36 GMT
hi xyon100 . Thanks for the comment and yes - we are currently going through droves of our standard e-mails and improving the quality of the content, which certainly have room for improvement. There is a fairly substantial change due in the next few weeks and the issue that you have raised is one that is at the top of our priorities. In terms of our DD processes, I can only assure you that they are exceptionally thorough from start to finish and looked over not only by us but by a swarm of lawyers and industry experts. I seriously doubt that any P2B lender gets anywhere near the quantity and quality of DD that we undertake on each of our aircraft transactions as the bill generally runs into six figures and tens of documents. If you have any issues then do feel free to DM either myself or ablrate and we will come straight back to you. Hello Andy. I'm glad to hear that you do accept their is a problem with presentation here and that it's a priority for you. It should be. You're not exactly coming across like a Nigerian scammer but it is simply not reassuring to see this sloppy use of English, though better than my English which seems to have become the subject ;-)
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Post by meledor on Mar 8, 2015 14:55:43 GMT
hi xyon100 . Thanks for the comment and yes - we are currently going through droves of our standard e-mails and improving the quality of the content, which certainly have room for improvement. There is a fairly substantial change due in the next few weeks and the issue that you have raised is one that is at the top of our priorities. In terms of our DD processes, I can only assure you that they are exceptionally thorough from start to finish and looked over not only by us but by a swarm of lawyers and industry experts. I seriously doubt that any P2B lender gets anywhere near the quantity and quality of DD that we undertake on each of our aircraft transactions as the bill generally runs into six figures and tens of documents. If you have any issues then do feel free to DM either myself or ablrate and we will come straight back to you. Hello Andy. I'm glad to hear that you do accept their is a problem with presentation here and that it's a priority for you. It should be. You're not exactly coming across like a Nigerian scammer but it is simply not reassuring to see this sloppy use of English, though better than my English which seems to have become the subject ;-)
I very much take Andy's point about moving on, but I cannot let 'their is a problem' go unnoticed.
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Post by mike on Mar 8, 2015 14:57:32 GMT
hi xyon100 . Thanks for the comment and yes - we are currently going through droves of our standard e-mails and improving the quality of the content, which certainly have room for improvement. There is a fairly substantial change due in the next few weeks and the issue that you have raised is one that is at the top of our priorities. In terms of our DD processes, I can only assure you that they are exceptionally thorough from start to finish and looked over not only by us but by a swarm of lawyers and industry experts. I seriously doubt that any P2B lender gets anywhere near the quantity and quality of DD that we undertake on each of our aircraft transactions as the bill generally runs into six figures and tens of documents. If you have any issues then do feel free to DM either myself or ablrate and we will come straight back to you. Hello Andy. I'm glad to hear that you do accept their is a problem with presentation here and that it's a priority for you. It should be. You're not exactly coming across like a Nigerian scammer but it is simply not reassuring to see this sloppy use of English, though better than my English which seems to have become the subject ;-)
I'm sure all our Nigerian p2p investors will welcome that comment!
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Post by wiseclerk on Mar 8, 2015 14:57:54 GMT
By the way, you are more than welcome to join the P2P forums here in Belgium. Well, if you could manage to understand a singe word. Hi, what Belgian p2p forums do you recommend?
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Post by oldgrumpy on Mar 8, 2015 15:03:46 GMT
"Well, if you could manage to understand a singe word."
Yes, it might be a bit hot for me, though I can read the French and I have my own personal translator (in Antwerp) to check the Flemish. Ik ben beter in Nederlands dan Vlaamse en zien niet altijd de verschillen. You're quite right about linguistic accuracy of agreements and contracts though. There are hundreds of pedantic lawyers being paid a lot of money to pick the slightest ambiguity in any legal document if their client wants to avoid the reponsibilies of contract.
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Post by ablrateandy on Mar 8, 2015 16:50:37 GMT
Before anyone comments, "reponsibilies" is a precise technical term for lawyers.
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Post by oldgrumpy on Mar 8, 2015 16:56:18 GMT
Before anyone comments, "reponsibilies" is a precise technical term for lawyers. Oh, B*m! I was was trying so hard to be careful! It's the old old story. Never proof read your own work!
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Post by ilmoro on Mar 8, 2015 17:07:10 GMT
Before anyone comments, "reponsibilies" is a precise technical term for lawyers. Oh, B*m! I was was trying so hard to be careful! It's the old old story. Never proof read your own work! Silly bilies 99% of my edits are to correct my typos. I blame the tablet which annoyingly randomly moves the cursor mid-post
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Post by oldgrumpy on Mar 8, 2015 17:24:19 GMT
"I blame the tablet which annoyingly randomly moves the cursor mid-post..."
Interesting you should mention that ilmoro . The cursor often moves somewhere quite random when I'm not looking at the monitor, just on this forum, not others. Two different mice have been used, so it isn't them.
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