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Spelling Bee
gmik:
Rodger, I think there is a little arrow key that actually removes a spelling boo boo!
:D
As a teacher I cringe at the misspelled words, so I just assume you all know HOW to spell as you had great teachers, but it is your TYPING that is the problem!
Pet Peeve: brung!!!!!!!!!! oh yeah: We was!!!!!! and, and: Me & her or me and him, oh let me think, ummmm: gee there are too many...(don't get me going).....
(think fingernails down a chalkboard)
SandyFla:
These things don't really bother me, but I'm not crazy about how people write "a lot" as one word, as in "alot." I think it probably started when someone missed hitting the space bar.
One of my biggest pet peeves about written language isn't particularly about spelling, but punctuation--when people put commas and periods outside the quotation marks. The only times punctuation belongs out there are:
1. The quotation is rephrased in a question, such as: Did you hear them say, "I don't want to go"?
2. The part in quotations is at the end of a compound sentence, such as: He said, "I don't think so"; she said, "I do."
Pencils down ... English lesson over.
Sandy
Daniel:
I failed English thats my excuse, in fact I failed out of highschool badly :lol: A D minus would have "passed me" but I could not even get THAT. If they could not teach me proper punctuation, I'm convinced no one else can :lol:
I'm a pretty sad case, I might be one who would irk you I don't mean to. If you could have it your heart to overlook "this" in my particular case that would be kind of you Sandy :D
I know I won't be measuring up in that regard, guilty as charged :oops:
Daniel
SandyFla:
Hey Daniel,
Not a problem! :) I wasn't referring to you in particular in my post. In fact, I don't recall reading anything in your posts that prompted me to write mine. It's just a general thing with me. But it's not my fault ... I was a copy editor at a newspaper and am doing similar work these days, so I notice all these little things more than most people. Looking for typos and wrong punctuation is part of my full-time job, so it naturally carries over to the rest of my day.
However, you should see some of the doozies that I've typed in the past! :lol: It's a good thing I look them over before the boss sees them ... but then, he's good-natured and has gotten a kick out of some of the "Freudian slips" that I've turned in to him!
None of us is perfect -- not even me! :shock: :lol:
Sandy
Daniel:
Whew, thank God Sandy :lol: I thought, "man, I could never jump through those kinds of hoops for her" :lol:
The implications of "be thou perfect as I am perfect" can't possibly include "punctuation" or I'm so screwed Sandy :lol: Well, just so you know I am aware that I don't stand a chance in EVER being an editor :lol: Although I coulld hire you to edit me, I think I need one :lol:
Whats your hourly rate? :lol:
Daniel
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