Twitter spellings test
Posted 17/07/2011 - 23:59
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thoughton wrote:
My own personal spelling bugbear on the net is people who think an apostrophe and an 'S' makes something plural. In fact there are several people on this forum who do it
I know it is wrong, but I will do this when talking about Pentax A lenses and Pentax M lenses. I'll call them Pentax A's or M's for brevity. As and Ms looks wrong.
My own personal spelling bugbear on the net is people who think an apostrophe and an 'S' makes something plural. In fact there are several people on this forum who do it
Posted 18/07/2011 - 11:52
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Pentaxophile wrote:
Revived by Messrs. Mike Myers and Dana Carvey c.1992
I wanted to say, hey i know that logo but just pretend i didn't okay
Revived by Messrs. Mike Myers and Dana Carvey c.1992
Stefan
K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
Posted 22/08/2011 - 17:45
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I tested 100%. You would be surprise the amount of adults who have issues with spelling and the use of certain words correctly. I think my biggest pet peeve is the misuse of the following: there, their, they're,and to,too,two, and hear, here, and your you're. This is basic grade school stuff, but it boggles my mind that people still get it wrong. Especially people with degrees.
Posted 22/08/2011 - 17:59
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....and people who use 'say again' 'no way' and 'uz' instead of US! and all those other irritating 'americanisms' ....makes my blood boil!!!
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Michael
Michael
Posted 22/08/2011 - 18:05
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ZayThomas28 wrote:
I tested 100%. You would be surprise the amount of adults who have issues with spelling and the use of certain words correctly. I think my biggest pet peeve is the misuse of the following: there, their, they're,and to,too,two, and hear, here, and your you're. This is basic grade school stuff, but it boggles my mind that people still get it wrong. Especially people with degrees.
People with degree are often mostly specialise in something and are therefore not good in other things.I tested 100%. You would be surprise the amount of adults who have issues with spelling and the use of certain words correctly. I think my biggest pet peeve is the misuse of the following: there, their, they're,and to,too,two, and hear, here, and your you're. This is basic grade school stuff, but it boggles my mind that people still get it wrong. Especially people with degrees.
Most of the brilliant minds the world has known had some defect in one form or another.
michaelblue wrote:
....and people who use 'say again' 'no way' and 'uz' instead of US! and all those other irritating 'americanisms' ....makes my blood boil!!!
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....and people who use 'say again' 'no way' and 'uz' instead of US! and all those other irritating 'americanisms' ....makes my blood boil!!!
Stefan
K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
Posted 22/08/2011 - 21:23
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I can cope with misspelling - language changes over time anyway. I can deal with "alot" instead of "a lot".
After all, none of us say "God be with you" - we use the contracted "Goodbye".
But the one which drives me mad is "of" instead of "have", when people say "should of" and "could of" (I think it's a de-contraction of "should've" and "could've") simply because it makes absolutely no sense!
After all, none of us say "God be with you" - we use the contracted "Goodbye".
But the one which drives me mad is "of" instead of "have", when people say "should of" and "could of" (I think it's a de-contraction of "should've" and "could've") simply because it makes absolutely no sense!
Posted 22/08/2011 - 23:05
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Posted 23/08/2011 - 00:24
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Moose's spellchecker is now a quivering wreck in a padded cell!
Myles
Myles
Posted 23/08/2011 - 00:50
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Anvh wrote:
This the one John.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Merriam-Websters-Medical-Dictionary-Prescription-Underst...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310762074&sr=8-1 only 1,33 Pounds used
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary and Merriam-Webster is a subsidiary of Encyclopędia Britannica.
Merriam Webster lost all credibility when it added the #2 and #3 definitions here, and then failed to remove them for too many years.This the one John.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Merriam-Websters-Medical-Dictionary-Prescription-Underst...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310762074&sr=8-1 only 1,33 Pounds used
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary and Merriam-Webster is a subsidiary of Encyclopędia Britannica.
if it spells 'lens' as 'lense' then it loses even more credibility. Just because somethign is "published" does not make it right or credible or reliable
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