people who correct unsignificant spelling/grammer errors

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  • saschka7
    saschka7 Posts: 577 Member
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    My eye is twitching right now...

    This.
  • Pangea250
    Pangea250 Posts: 965 Member
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    It's insignificant, not unsignificant. Sorry, I couldn't resist.
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
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    I see what you did there... Twice! :laugh:
    Twice?

    Really?

    Try again.
  • saschka7
    saschka7 Posts: 577 Member
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    seriously, let it go people. You all know what is entended.

    It should be "Seriously...let it go, people. You all know what is intended."

    [The ellipses and the comma after 'go' perhaps are negotiable but "entended" should be "intended".]

    Also the title states "people who correct unsignificant spelling/grammer errors": "unsignificant" should be "insignificant" and "grammer" should be "grammar".

    I'm sure several people corrected this before me. Just adding to the throng.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
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    So if I'm speeding by 5ish MPH over the limit, but the officer is pretty sure I INTENDED to adhere to the limit, he should just let me go? How about in a school zone with kids crossing the street? Yes, like driving, bad grammar kills.
    Bad grammar is generally OK. It's bad punctuation that's dangerous.

    Let's eat, Gramma.

    Let's eat Gramma.



    You spelt Grandma wrong.

    *twitch*

    How is an ancient species of wheat relevant to this conversation.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
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    ...so just because you and some of your highfalutin publisher-types may *wish* two spaces were not acceptable, that does not simply make it so...

    ...at least not yet.

    (But even if you *are* correct, stop. Just stop. I'm not read to deal with this amount of change in my life right now.)

    You do whatever you need to do. :-)

    I will sit here and judge you.

    :angry:

    Here is a long article explaining what she's going on about, but I'm sorry, I'm with you. Two spaces not only feels right, it looks right... to me. And I have a hard time believing it is now *widely* considered a violation on par with serious spelling and usage errors. This is the first rant I've seen about it and I work with people who handle our publications and correct their coworkers in other departments all the time.

    http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/01/space_invaders.html

    You may work with those people, but I actually get paid to edit documents and have for the last 10 years. I also have a degree in English literature and am familiar with several widely-used style manuals (including AP and Chicago). I'm pretty sure I know what I'm talking about.

    Yes, there are still people holding on to the two spaces after a period thing, but those people are incorrect. Look at any professionally published book (NOT self-pubs), newspaper, magazine, etc., and you will not see two spaces.

    Sorry this got too serious for you, though. :-) (And, yes, Jojo and I were mostly joking around.)

    Important word is "mostly"...

    ...as I am still neither speaking with nor typing to her.

    :angry:
  • miss_jessiejane
    miss_jessiejane Posts: 2,820 Member
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    That dog tried to bite me!!!
  • tehboxingkitteh
    tehboxingkitteh Posts: 1,574 Member
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    That dog tried to bite me!!!
    Eye wood byte ewe two
  • miss_jessiejane
    miss_jessiejane Posts: 2,820 Member
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    tumblr_m80f4bhmeY1rq5rj4o1_500.gif

    That dog tried to bite me!!!
    Eye wood byte ewe two

    That's why I like you.
  • Randyamc
    Randyamc Posts: 365 Member
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    and on that note i had to share...


    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSgLwQ_uhxCgZNB0lPoLM-wRIBs5E72YGydyllFdYSY6bPBqNB5

    Haha love this!!!
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
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    So if I'm speeding by 5ish MPH over the limit, but the officer is pretty sure I INTENDED to adhere to the limit, he should just let me go? How about in a school zone with kids crossing the street? Yes, like driving, bad grammar kills.
    Bad grammar is generally OK. It's bad punctuation that's dangerous.

    Let's eat, Gramma.

    Let's eat Gramma.



    You spelt Grandma wrong.

    *twitch*

    How is an ancient species of wheat relevant to this conversation.

    Or perhaps that was entirely intensional...
  • mommabenefield
    mommabenefield Posts: 1,329 Member
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    tumblr_m80f4bhmeY1rq5rj4o1_500.gif

    That dog tried to bite me!!!
    Eye wood byte ewe two

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  • 19kat55
    19kat55 Posts: 336 Member
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    ...so just because you and some of your highfalutin publisher-types may *wish* two spaces were not acceptable, that does not simply make it so...

    ...at least not yet.

    (But even if you *are* correct, stop. Just stop. I'm not read to deal with this amount of change in my life right now.)

    You do whatever you need to do. :-)

    I will sit here and judge you.

    :angry:

    Here is a long article explaining what she's going on about, but I'm sorry, I'm with you. Two spaces not only feels right, it looks right... to me. And I have a hard time believing it is now *widely* considered a violation on par with serious spelling and usage errors. This is the first rant I've seen about it and I work with people who handle our publications and correct their coworkers in other departments all the time.

    http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/01/space_invaders.html

    Ha!

    Take that, rml_16...

    Read
    My
    Lips:

    your wrong.

    uuuummmmm....


    LOL exactly.
  • edge_dragoncaller
    edge_dragoncaller Posts: 826 Member
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    bad-grammar.jpg?w=576&h=354
  • sklarbodds
    sklarbodds Posts: 608 Member
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13FV1GaA20I&feature=share&list=PLl4T6p7km9dYbQyiiYIwmU2f6cOJC62gJ


    Seems appropriate :)
  • FeleciaMiller
    FeleciaMiller Posts: 68 Member
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    seriously, let it go people. You all know what is entended.

    You don't need the comma after "seriously" and that should have been "Seriously" since it begins a sentence. The capitalization rule applies here.
    lol
  • FeleciaMiller
    FeleciaMiller Posts: 68 Member
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    Awwww, There, They're, Their; it will be alright.

    lol To Too Two funny! lol
  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
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    bad-grammar.jpg?w=576&h=354

    LOL!
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,229 Member
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  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
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    ^ well, just throw your arms up in the air and be upset about it...

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