Wrong, we English use BBC as a collective noun as well as to refer to the corporation. There is no rule about cliches needing "inverted commas". This is stylistic, not grammatical. If FFS is not an abbreviation, anyone can do, stylistically, whatever they please. Someone's ability to spell, punctuate or otherwise write coherently does not impinge on their ability to correct someone else's mistakes. That is a very poor argument from you.
Fair point, though I rarely hear "inverted commas" at all. Several of her other arguments are very American English though.
Inverted commas and quotation marks are not synonymous. Quotation marks are merely one usage of inverted commas - the latter having many different grammatical roles.
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/inverted-commas Collins dictionary seems to think they are synonymous. Are you just making this stuff up as you go along?
Who is this 'we'?. The BBC is not a collective noun. It can never be. It is strictly a proper noun. Actually, the use of inverted commas for cliches is not stylistic. They are used to highlight distinction between an expression and narrative. Agree, anyone can do as they please stylistically. However, informal usage, again, always requires inverted commas as an identifier.
I thought this was a football forum, not a ****ing english exam! If any of you guys want to use my signature, please feel free.
I said "we English", so it is pretty clear who the "we" is. You put an extra fullstop in there "BTW". Well, actually, as I've already said, you are wrong. In British English we often refer to entities - Liverpool FC, the BBC to take earlier examples - as collective nouns because we are referring to the group of people, rather than the legal person. No, just no. You can do what you will with them. It is slang, not a formal academic article where you need to subscribe to the conventions of the journal you are submitting to.
Basically, I outright refooz to put quotation marks on every single cliche. There are so many of them! "At the end of the day", "put this one to bed". If the BBC are quoting politicians, we would end up with more quotation marks than words.
FfS, put a fecking cork in it yous lot. this supposed to be A thread about are next manager not a grammer lesson If yous want to have a lessons in proper writing then i suggest you make your own thread
I'm now wondering, after Susan's description of her work, if she might actually be Suzie Dent????? If she is I back her 100%
