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Post by dbd870 on Nov 11, 2015 10:42:39 GMT -5
It seems to me with the youngsters now I see more misuse of words that sound alike; ie their and there etc. Is it just me or is there something to this, if so is it reliance on spellcheckers etc?
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Post by parrothead on Nov 11, 2015 10:45:48 GMT -5
Its not you. I teach 5th grade and they don't know what those two words mean. Their/there
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2015 11:21:41 GMT -5
Neither do a whole lot of adults from my cursory inspection of social media.
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Post by deadeer on Nov 11, 2015 11:31:17 GMT -5
Knot a youngster hear, lol (41), but sometimes I am typing so fast, I don't even realize accidently misusing words. Lol. I work with a group of guys that are horrible at spelling, I even have the boss and secretary ask me how to spell things sometimes. They are still making it in life, soooo......
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Post by scrub-buster on Nov 11, 2015 12:00:26 GMT -5
Texting and auto spell are going to ruin our kids vocabulary and spelling.
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Post by trapperdave on Nov 11, 2015 12:10:39 GMT -5
I here wut ur screemin kids theze days dontnt now nuddin.  |
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Post by squirrelhunter on Nov 11, 2015 12:12:00 GMT -5
What about "they're" ??  |
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Post by chubwub on Nov 11, 2015 15:02:01 GMT -5
Was going to say, my former boss would ask me the most retarded questions sometimes, like how to spell breathe.  |
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Post by span870 on Nov 11, 2015 15:13:44 GMT -5
They're, there, and their are a pet peeve of mine. Someone brought it up to me and I'm trying to figure out the whole see, seen, and saw thing. Spell check and being in a rush is the culprit.
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Post by parrothead on Nov 11, 2015 15:22:10 GMT -5
see present
saw past
seen past participle (has,have,had) seen use with those 3 helping verbs
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Post by span870 on Nov 11, 2015 19:55:49 GMT -5
see present saw past seen past participle (has,have,had) seen use with those 3 helping verbs Yeah. And I still don't get it. I understand that just don't know which to use in which context. I have an ex, her dad is a English professor. He couldn't even explain it to me. I just said the heck with it and use seen. |
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Post by duff on Nov 11, 2015 20:57:15 GMT -5
Life's too short to get irritated by bad grammar.
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Post by greghopper on Nov 11, 2015 22:13:05 GMT -5
Life's too short to get irritated by bad grammar. Exactly |
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Post by sakorifle on Nov 12, 2015 12:15:17 GMT -5
We dont have bad grammar in Scotland, just whisky, makes everyone speak the same, lol
lol
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Post by windingwinds on Nov 12, 2015 13:19:22 GMT -5
I had a boss with a associates degree who couldn't spell, use grammar, or complete sentences on office notices. I was embarrassed for her. Yeah life's too short but if you want to look professional you need to at least attempt to be coherent. Facebook is the worst. But I don't consider Facebook a professional hangout place.
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Post by hornzilla on Nov 13, 2015 7:30:09 GMT -5
I will be the first to tell you that my grammar sucks. I had a hard time with it in school. Didn't do well at all. All I wanted was to pass it and move on.
That's why I'm a machinist, I don't write books. Have made a decent living the last 27 years doing it. Wouldn't change it if I could.
Will say one thing. I bet I can do math with the best of them in my head. Lol
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Nov 13, 2015 9:13:28 GMT -5
How about "idea and ideal"? I wasn't thinking that these were interchangeable, but I haven't looked them up.
I always thought that this thought was an idea, and the situation was ideal. However, I've heard Obama interchange them.
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Post by dbd870 on Nov 13, 2015 10:43:06 GMT -5
Oh man, the softball is in the air.........
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Post by nfalls116 on Nov 15, 2015 2:32:45 GMT -5
We dont have bad grammar in Scotland, just whisky, makes everyone speak the same, lol lol you guys can't even spell whiskey right |
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Post by sakorifle on Nov 15, 2015 4:38:30 GMT -5
We dont have bad grammar in Scotland, just whisky, makes everyone speak the same, lol lol you guys can't even spell whiskey right Listen its near enough you knew what it was , "hickup hickup yes fill the glass again jock iv time for anotherrrrr, hickup hickup. lol |
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