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02/18/2007 03:07:14 PM · #26 |
| My pet peeve isn't a spelling issue, more of a speech issue. Ax! I ax you? I don't want to be axed!!!! Please, just ask me and I will tell you what I know! Don't, I beg of you, break out the ax! |
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02/18/2007 03:20:55 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
Do Canadians spell "apostrophe" with an "a"? |
Just the dumb ones.
Edit: thanks to whoever corrected the word in the title, making me look slightly less foolish. :)
Message edited by author 2007-02-18 15:24:35. |
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02/18/2007 03:44:00 PM · #28 |
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02/18/2007 03:51:38 PM · #29 |
| One I notice frequently on DPChallenge is the use of defiantly instead of definitely. Some are just not reading their spell checker's recommendations. |
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02/18/2007 04:11:41 PM · #30 |
| My pet peeve is the misuse of the words "then" and "than". I'm not rabid about it, though. :-) |
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02/18/2007 04:19:47 PM · #31 |
Message edited by author 2007-02-18 16:23:32. |
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02/18/2007 04:26:31 PM · #32 |
And then there is the whole 'there, their, they're' issue...
Message edited by author 2007-02-18 16:26:53. |
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02/18/2007 04:29:13 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by SaraR:
And then there is the whole 'there, their, they're' issue... |
They're is no problem with that. DPCers are smart. There just messing with you. So their!
Message edited by author 2007-02-18 16:39:17.
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02/18/2007 04:34:03 PM · #34 |
"The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe"
- Zappa |
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02/18/2007 04:41:24 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by SaraR:
And then there is the whole 'there, their, they're' issue... |
They're is no problem with that. DPCers are smart. There just messing with you. So their! |
I had just sat down to a nice cup of tea, and now I have spluttered it all over my laptop... |
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02/18/2007 04:47:37 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by SaraR:
I had just sat down to a nice cup of tea, and now I have spluttered it all over my laptop... |
Leroy - 543 : Computer Screens - 0.
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02/18/2007 05:18:44 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by Louis:
For the love of God, apo'straphe 'S i's only u'sed with the po's'se's'sive form of noun's (not pronoun's) in the English language, or when contracting two word's into one. It i's NOT u'sed every time you find an 'S at the end of a word, and certainly NOT with plural word's!!
The last wrong example i's actually prominently di'splayed in a huge profe's'sionally printed 'sign be'side the highway I have to drive on to work every day, and it drive's me nut's. :P |
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02/18/2007 06:59:11 PM · #38 |
Since I'm from quebec and my language is french, It's not my role here to teach english and many of you surely find some errors in my sentences. But, I just can't resist the temptation to tell you how much I hate reading something about a "web SIGHT".
Phew!!!
That will help my therapy a lot...
Message edited by author 2007-02-18 18:59:54. |
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02/18/2007 07:08:32 PM · #39 |
The apostrophe also has an uneasy and unfortunate relationship with dates, where it is used for pluralization as in "The 1960's were turbulent years in US history," and the alternate "The '60s were a time of great change" is little better visually if more accurate grammatically.
I don't know what to say about "The '60's ..." |
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02/19/2007 06:02:11 AM · #40 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
The apostrophe also has an uneasy and unfortunate relationship with dates, where it is used for pluralization as in "The 1960's were turbulent years in US history," and the alternate "The '60s were a time of great change" is little better visually if more accurate grammatically.
I don't know what to say about "The '60's ..." |
Fowler's 3rd ed. states "though once commonly used in the plural of abbreviations and numerals (QC's, the 1960's), the apostrophe is now best omitted in such circumstances: MAs, MPs, the 1980s, the three Rs, in twos and threes, Except that it is normally used in contexts where its omission might possibly lead to confusion, e.g. dot your i's and cross your t's; there are three i's in inimical; the class of '61 (=1961)."
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02/23/2007 02:59:29 PM · #41 |
Someone told me in an e-mail, "As I get more deeply into middle age, my spelling has begun to become less and less precise."
That's true for me. I thought it was just me, or that Alzheimers was rearing its ugly head, or some other alarmist thing. |
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02/23/2007 03:36:44 PM · #42 |
Originally posted by Louis:
Someone told me in an e-mail, "As I get more deeply into middle age, my spelling has begun to become less and less precise."
That's true for me. I thought it was just me, or that Alzheimers was rearing its ugly head, or some other alarmist thing. |
No you are not alone! English was my best subject at school. I had no problems with spelling etc. Now when I am working I find myself reaching for the dictionary to check my spelling!
What I find hard to understand is the use of the word GOT. I got this, I got that etc. When I was at school this was a big nono, it was just not allowed!
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02/23/2007 04:19:02 PM · #43 |
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02/23/2007 04:22:12 PM · #44 |
Does it have anyhting to do with satistics?
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
I gots to ax a question. |
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02/23/2007 04:35:52 PM · #45 |
Originally posted by MikeOwens:
What I find hard to understand is the use of the word GOT. I got this, I got that etc. When I was at school this was a big nono, it was just not allowed! |
You've got to be kidding me. :-P
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02/23/2007 06:10:20 PM · #46 |
Originally posted by alfresco:
Proudly displayed for all the world to see, a beautifully crafted sign in front of their building:
"Michigan Tech Employee's Federal Credit Union"
I was going to refrain from posting the complete name of the institution but the irony of it belonging to a university was too much to pass on. |
I believe in this case the useage is correct.
The FCU belongs to the employee of Michigan Tech. |
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02/23/2007 07:42:41 PM · #47 |
Originally posted by Jammur:
I believe in this case the useage is correct. |
Usage. :P |
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02/23/2007 07:54:08 PM · #48 |
Originally posted by Louis:
For the love of God, apostraphe S is only used with the possessive form of nouns (not pronouns) in the English language, or when contracting two words into one. |
God bless you for starting this thread. I actually just posted a snotty note on a photo just yesterday for this very thing. For the life of me I have no idea why, just because something ends with an S, people feel there just HAS to be an apostrophe in there.
And this post can be entered into the vast supply of evidence when I am nominated for the Anal Retentive Hall of Fame. |
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02/23/2007 08:57:11 PM · #49 |
Originally posted by Jammur:
The FCU belongs to the employee of Michigan Tech. |
I'm going to guess that it belongs to the employees (plural) of MT, and that it should therefore be "Employees' Credit Union" ... |
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02/27/2007 12:36:55 AM · #50 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Jammur:
The FCU belongs to the employee of Michigan Tech. |
I'm going to guess that it belongs to the employees (plural) of MT, and that it should therefore be "Employees' Credit Union" ... |
Actually, I'm not sure why the felt the need to add the "s" at all. Michigan Tech Employee Credit Union is perfectly acceptable and linguistically more pleasing.
My personal pet peeve is the usage of quote marks for emphasis (instead of bolding, underlining, etc.), which seems to be more and more common. Examples from around my town: Oil Change "Free" With Tune Up; All "Natural" Remedies; and President's Day "Sale."
Also "a lot" is two words, dagnabbit. TWO WORDS! ;)
Now where did I put my blue pencil? |
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