allways busy <g>
Achim
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> > > Now no one knows the diff between "loose" and "lose". This is easily the
> > > most common mistake I see.
> > > > The most common spelling error when i was at school....it still bugs
> me
> > > now
> > > > when i see it wrong lol
> > > > AD
> > I beg to differ. The most common error is not "loose"/"lose" its
> > "its"/"it's". ;o)
> > Elrikk
> > PS. Yeah, I know it's "it's".
> Wrong, dictionary breath, it's separate, most commonly misspelled as
> "seperate".
> :)
> Alanb
> > Tell you what REALLY gets up my nose - adding an s after an apostrophe ....
> > Jesus's, Simmonds's ..... <AAAARGH!> drives me nuts.
> How about websight ?
> I like this thread :-)
> > How about "noone" instead of "no one"?
> <blush>
> I can only conclude that they can't read or are
> > actually out steeling empty boxes
> > Beers and cheers
> > (uncle) Goy
> > "goyl at nettx dot no"
> Steeling, Uncle? :-)
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"
http://www.theuspits.com
"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--
> > > Tell you what REALLY gets up my nose - adding an s after an apostrophe ....
> > > Jesus's, Simmonds's ..... <AAAARGH!> drives me nuts.
> > How about websight ?
> > I like this thread :-)
> :-) Goy your (not you're!) spelling is better than a lot who have English as their FIRST language
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"
http://www.theuspits.com
"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--
> > If it's any consolation, from my direct observations, I would say that we
> > are also breeding a society of mouth-breathing morons in Canada, the USA,
> > Germany and Switzerland. Same philosophy... the grades for which I busted my
> > ass, even as recently as in the 1980s, are now given away to provide
> > everyone with a touchy-feely, "I'm ok and so are you" sensation. :-)
> Same in Norway, kids can't read worth a damn, in my shop there are
> several signs that says the boxes on display are empty, since the boxes
> keep disappearing I can only conclude that they can't read or are
> actually out steeling empty boxes
> I can only conclude that they can't read or are
> > actually out steeling empty boxes
> > Beers and cheers
> > (uncle) Goy
> > "goyl at nettx dot no"
> Steeling, Uncle? :-)
> >Jeez!
> >The number of people who stuff-up the spelling of this word is incredible
> >and has finally irritated me to the point of posting this stupid message!
> >For those of you who haven't a clue as to how to spell, for "definite", just
> >think of the word "finite" and stick a ***y "de" in front of it.
> >(Even the Wests can't spell it properly!)
> >Rant over; go about your normal business.
> >Bruce the Bellicose.
> I am going back to college, and a couple of weeks ago, I was stunned
> when in class one of my professors stated that no one would be
> required to read out loud in class, due to the fact that numerous
> students couldn't read. WTH??????? This was a Junior level class,
> WTH are the teachers teaching these kids? Yet, it suddenly dawns on
> me, most of these people post on usenet. LOL
> > Jeez!
> > The number of people who stuff-up the spelling of this word is incredible
> > and has finally irritated me to the point of posting this stupid message!
> > For those of you who haven't a clue as to how to spell, for "definite",
> just
> > think of the word "finite" and stick a ***y "de" in front of it.
> > (Even the Wests can't spell it properly!)
> > Rant over; go about your normal business.
> > Bruce the Bellicose.
> > I can only conclude that they can't read or are
> > > actually out steeling empty boxes
> > > Beers and cheers
> > > (uncle) Goy
> > > "goyl at nettx dot no"
> > Steeling, Uncle? :-)
> LOL! great minds think alike :-))
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"
http://www.theuspits.com
"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--
> This one depends on the context.
> Example:
> John is coming to see me is correct as "John's coming to see me." But
I have never seen anyone write "John's car", wanting to mean "John is car".
No one makes that mistake.
You'll see stuff like "The team's are coming onto the field" or "The teams
mascot did a flip". But you'll never see "John's car", with the writer
intending "John is car". No one thinks "John is car" is a sentence. The
writer knows instinctively that a descriptive word goes in that "predicate
adjective" slot.
Alanb
It was considered more important that the child be allowed to freely express
him/herself without worrying about the constraints of conventional spelling.
Fine in theory - disaster in practise. The child left high-school and came
up against a class of people for whom correct spelling was a simple fact of
life: the older employer who had a traditional, conventional education.
Between 1984 and 1993 I employed at least two new apprentices (Electrician)
each year and, as part of the process, I would receive upwards of thirty
applications. We couldn't employ that many and neither could we interview
them all, so we had to reduce the field to something workable.
The very first level of the weeding-out process was to reject any letters of
application which contained more than three spelling errors of common words,
which usually reduced the number by at least half.
I will always remember that, in 1987, if I had stuck to this system, *ALL*
applications would have been rejected!
Bruce.
Some alternatives for you, Goy old mate. :)
Bruce.