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TEFL company and their mistake - giant facepalm

  • 16-11-2013 2:08pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭whirlpool


    TEFL = Teach English as a Foreign Language

    The company is TEFL247.

    http://www.grabone.ie/dublin/tefl247-45?utm_source=Specials+Experience+Dublin

    "be eligable for literally 1000's of teaching jobs all over the world."

    I just got this link for this special offer via email, and I had to share. It has..... bothered me.

    And this post does not constitute being a grammar nazi, given the circumstances.


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    Not to mention pluralising with an apostrophe.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,128 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    I'm a Tefl teacher and being able to speak English wouldn't be high up the list of priorities


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭dmc17


    That's how you spell eligible in English as a foreign language


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Literally...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    humbert wrote: »
    Not to mention pluralising with an apostrophe.

    That's actually correct since they used numerals.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    When did they branch out from non-stick cookware to language schools?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    Sky King wrote: »
    That's actually correct since they used numerals.

    I don't think so.

    The apostrophe should be used to indicate possession or missing letters. What's missing here?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    Sky King wrote: »
    That's actually correct since they used numerals.
    I don't think so but I'm open to correction.




  • Oranage2 wrote: »
    I'm a Tefl teacher and being able to speak English wouldn't be high up the list of priorities

    Not if you work for some some sh1tty school with a dodgy 'Director of Studies' who hires backpackers , no. All the teachers where I work are Delta-qualified (as a minimum) with 5+ years of teaching experience and at least one degree in English/Linguistics/TESOL.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 996 ✭✭✭HansHolzel


    It reminds me of the signs for night classes put up on telegraph poles by Co. Waterford VEC a few years back

    "Enrole Now"

    It was a memorable gaffe that made the Irish Times.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,180 ✭✭✭hfallada


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    When did they branch out from non-stick cookware to language schools?

    I think after they started offering 70% off laser eye sugrery( it can blind you if done wrong) and root canals( serious dental work). Or even better 50% off tattoos. There is nothing worse then ending up with a ****ed up tattoo on you for life because you wanted to save €150.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 544 ✭✭✭biketard


    Generally speaking, you can use an apostrophe after a number if not doing so would be confusing.

    I'm pretty sure "1000s" wouldn't be confusing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,250 ✭✭✭✭Iwasfrozen


    nlgbbbblth wrote: »
    I don't think so.

    The apostrophe should be used to indicate possession or missing letters. What's missing here?
    "* you can use an apostrophe to show the plurals of single numbers:
    Find all the number 7’s."

    Source: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/55970/plurals-of-acronyms-letters-numbers-use-an-apostrophe-or-not


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I clicked on this thread thinking "I knew that non-stick stuff was bullshít, fecks up my pancakes every time."


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,880 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    Sacramento wrote: »
    I clicked on this thread thinking "I knew that non-stick stuff was bullshít, fecks up my pancakes every time."

    Well that's what happens when you clean them with brillo pads....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,785 ✭✭✭KungPao


    Well that's what happens when you clean them with brillo pads....

    After about 20 years of buying the odd non-stick pan, using metal utensils, scrubbing the hell out of it, then obviously having to bin it...my aul wan finally figured it out.

    She even splashed out on a proper expensive one and using wooden utensils and takes care of it when washing it and everything. Fabulous so it is.


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