Please stop this insanity.

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  • beckyjane78
    beckyjane78 Posts: 7 Member
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    That is one of my pet peeves!! :) Thanks for posting!
  • Midnight_Sunshine
    Midnight_Sunshine Posts: 369 Member
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    Another one that confuses me is "I weighted myself" as opposed to 'weighed'
    Is this a language based thing?

    I've never seen that one but I think it's kind of a cute mistake "Mommy, Mommy!! I weighted myselfs! :D"

    But maybe that's because although I happen to be an English major I am not an anal retentive a*hole.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
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    NM

    But true about the semicolon.
  • Mcgrawhaha
    Mcgrawhaha Posts: 1,596 Member
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    lose, loose... eventually, someones going to figure out what it is im trying to say...
  • NKF92879
    NKF92879 Posts: 601 Member
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    Oh. My. Goodness. People! Let it go!!! There is NO LINK BETWEEN SPELLING ABILITY AND INTELLIGENCE!!! Actually, several university studies have shown links between exceptionally high IQ's (145+) and poor spelling abilities.

    Edited to add: Besides, it's often more of a typographical error than knowledge. I've been known to have typed "weighted" instead of "weighed" due to typos. Sorry, but I don't generally proofread my posts...
  • giggitygoo
    giggitygoo Posts: 1,978 Member
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    I need a grammar thread ticker instead of a weight loss ticker as a sig!

    JM

    I'll just follow you around and post this:

    "The_Journeyman has corrected 3 grammatical errors since his last post! He's corrected 30042 errors total!"

    Cool beans?
  • the_journeyman
    the_journeyman Posts: 1,877 Member
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    Don't forget to deduct a 'correction' for every grammar mistake I make!

    JM
  • conidiring
    conidiring Posts: 230 Member
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    Haven't read all the posts, but just want to add that there are numerous people on here that are from countries that have English as a second language and don't necessarily know the proper word usage. Give people a break, you know what they mean.
  • philshjips
    philshjips Posts: 41 Member
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    While we're on the topic, there's no H in "height".

    Geometry and algebra class made me insane, hearing my teacher talk about "length, width and heighth"
  • BaneOfMFPsExistence
    BaneOfMFPsExistence Posts: 210
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    While we're on the topic, there's no H in "height".
    Ah..um.. well... actually, there are two H's in "height." Just sayin. ;)
  • magdalen13
    magdalen13 Posts: 62 Member
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    i wonder how many of the spelling sticklers can solve a calculus equation or explain maxwell's equations in plain and simple terms :laugh:

    in any case, i always picture the "loosing weight" people saying it like mr. burns from the simpsons : "smithers let loose the weight"

    I always was surprised at how many people who are clever at math and physics don't spell well. To me they both were a matter of precise thinking. I don't spell things wrong, and I like calculus :) Maxwell's equations, though? That's hardly as plain and simple as the other two, is it?

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