2 turn 2? Please rewrite it in standard English

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Sally Munro wrote: 'its so sad Katie that u felt u had no where 2 turn 2 , but uve had over 900 likes in a few hours , cant help feelin that there was more people than u knew that could have helped u thou this sweetheart , u will R.I.P now & im sendin my love 2 all ure cousin, s i know, as they now need the love & support xxx (sic)'

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@oristarA,

2 turn 2 is apparently the phonetic spelling of "to turn to...."

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@oristarA,

Sally Munro wrote: "It's so sad Katie you felt nowhere to turn, but after 900 'likes' in only a few hours I can't help feeling that more people than you can imagine might also have helped you". Hoping you'll R.I.P, , sweetheart, I'm sending my love herewith, as well as to of both your cousins as I'm sure they now also need our love & support. To all, my most sincere xxx (sic)' (whatever that means)

Ori it was sheer guesswork

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Thank you both.

BTW, who would like to offer a link to Katie Webb's photo?
Poor girl, RIP

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@dalehileman,

"It's so sad Katie you felt you had nowhere to turn to

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@JTT,

I suppose JTT that technically you're quite right but I interpret the rules more liberally to minimize alliteration etc

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'its so sad Katie that u felt u had no where 2 turn 2 , but uve had over 900 likes in a few hours , cant help feelin that there was more people than u knew that could have helped u thou this sweetheart , u will R.I.P now & im sendin my love 2 all ure cousin, s i know, as they now need the love & support xxx (sic)'

No wonder teachers despair; my girlfriend recruits for technical hospital jobs and gets applications where the "about yourself" sections are written in this style.

I believe the (sic) was added by the Daily Mail - it seems a little scholarly to be written by the author of that quote. It is Latin and means "so" - it is used to make clear that the errors appearing form part of the original text, and only seems to make sense if it was added later.

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@contrex,

contrex wrote:

'its so sad Katie that u felt u had no where 2 turn 2 , but uve had over 900 likes in a few hours , cant help feelin that there was more people than u knew that could have helped u thou this sweetheart , u will R.I.P now & im sendin my love 2 all ure cousin, s i know, as they now need the love & support xxx (sic)'

No wonder teachers despair; my girlfriend recruits for technical hospital jobs and gets applications where the "about yourself" sections are written in this style.

I believe the (sic) was added by the Daily Mail - it seems a little scholarly to be written by the author of that quote. It is Latin and means "so" - it is used to make clear that the errors appearing form part of the original text, and only seems to make sense if it was added later.

I feel particularly uncomfortable when reading such writing, even if I could get it clearly. The author's sincerity and solemnity is doubtful, at least in its appearances.

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@oristarA,

I believe the sentiments are sincere and solemn considering that they are most likely coming from an adolescent.

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@dalehileman,

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I suppose JTT that technically you're quite right but I interpret the rules more liberally to minimize alliteration etc

Dale, you wrote,

It's so sad Katie you felt nowhere to turn.

That's not even grammatical. 'you had' is needed between 'felt' and 'nowhere'.

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@JTT,

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That's not even grammatical.

No JTT but it's mellifluous

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@dalehileman,

Ungrammatical is hardly mellifluous, Dale.

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@JTT,

Ok then JTT, http://thesaurus.com/browse/slang?s=t

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