Re: Colloquialisms (was: Re: [hatari-devel] Re: IDE byte swapping options)

[Bob Carpenter <hatari@xxxxxxxxxx>]

As a native English speaker, I try not to use contractions when communicating with people whose primary language is not English.. I find it makes my language more understandable to them. 

Bob C

On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 10:46 AM David Savinkoff <dsavnkff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

----- On Oct 18, 2018, at 8:03 AM, Roger Burrows anodyne@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On 18 Oct 2018 at 9:48, Thomas Huth wrote:
>>
>> I meant "colloquial" in the sense of "should not be used in written
>> English texts like manuals", not in the sense of "unprofessional". At
>> least this is what our teachers taught us in school. Looking at some
>> pages in the internet, it seems that some agree (e.g.
>> https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9096/usage-of-contractions-like-it
>> s-and-thats-in-textbooks
>> ) while others say that it could also rather be a regional thing (e.g.
>> https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/20275/are-contractions-like-didnt-
>> forbidden-in-written-english
>> ) ... I'm also not a native speaker, but as far as I can see, "it is"
>> sounds "safer" for formal texts to me.