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Definitely not "definately"!

Bruce Kennewel

Definitely not "definately"!

by Bruce Kennewel » Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:01:21

That's another thing that gets on my wick: "should OF" instead of "should
HAVE" - and any other similar combination ("must of", for example).

Bruce.


Bruce Kennewel

Definitely not "definately"!

by Bruce Kennewel » Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:04:43

Why??
Because I consider chronic misspelling to be a sign of laziness?
Well, if that classifies me as a "nerd", fair enough.

What's your excuse?

Bruce.


George Ada

Definitely not "definately"!

by George Ada » Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:05:24

Maybe meant "Born too loose" {;-)

George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
                                                          ---- J.W Muller

elrik

Definitely not "definately"!

by elrik » Sun, 14 Sep 2003 12:26:42


Is is ok to use "that" that way (when referring to people) ?

ie.   Instead of "I met a girl the other day who had a  . . . "

Just asking.

Elrikk   ;o)

Bruce Kennewel

Definitely not "definately"!

by Bruce Kennewel » Sun, 14 Sep 2003 14:39:59

Conventional wisdom has it that the personal pronoun "who" is used - i.e.,
when referring to a human, use "who", when referring to any other object,
use "that".
However, the use of "that" in these circumstances has become more
widespread.

Any wordsmith worth his/her salt uses the former method.

Bruce.


Ruud Dingeman

Definitely not "definately"!

by Ruud Dingeman » Sun, 14 Sep 2003 15:21:25


> The number of people who stuff-up the spelling of this word is incredible

Yeah, I wondered many a time about this as well. Funnily enough, it
seems it's mainly the Anglo-Saxon speaking peeps who zpel it rong.

Regards, Rudy

elrik

Definitely not "definately"!

by elrik » Sun, 14 Sep 2003 15:26:04


> Conventional wisdom has it that the personal pronoun "who" is used - i.e.,
> when referring to a human, use "who", when referring to any other object,
> use "that".
> However, the use of "that" in these circumstances has become more
> widespread.

> Any wordsmith worth his/her salt uses the former method.

> Bruce.



> > Is is ok to use "that" that way (when referring to people) ?

> > ie.   Instead of "I met a girl the other day who had a  . . . "

Must be my 1950 - late 60's education rearing its picky head again.  ;o)

Elrikk

Colin Harri

Definitely not "definately"!

by Colin Harri » Sun, 14 Sep 2003 15:34:10




> > > Tell you what REALLY gets up my nose - adding an s after an apostrophe
> > ....
> > > Jesus's, Simmonds's ..... <AAAARGH!> drives me nuts.

> This one depends on the context.
> Example:
> John is coming to see me is correct as "John's coming to see me." But

"John's car" would actually mean John is car, which is
No, I don't think you are correct - the 'poss ess' there is short for 'his'
or 'hers'. It's therefore "John his car", which became "John's car".
(Or so I've always believed).
Colin Harri

Definitely not "definately"!

by Colin Harri » Sun, 14 Sep 2003 15:36:30

Agreed - Top posting is awful :-P

Seriously, though, 'should of/have' is, indeed, almost as bad as
'lose/loose'


> That's another thing that gets on my wick: "should OF" instead of "should
> HAVE" - and any other similar combination ("must of", for example).

> Bruce.



> > I know, I should of asked....

Gerry Aitke

Definitely not "definately"!

by Gerry Aitke » Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:30:10


> What's the "OOBI", Gerry?

> Bruce.



>>Do you work for the OOBI?

Hehe, never mind. Readers of Viz will uderstand! ;)

--

Gerry Aitken

...and a friend shall lose a friend's hammer -- Book of Cyril, chapter
6, verse 16

Bruce Kennewel

Definitely not "definately"!

by Bruce Kennewel » Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:30:23

Then in that case we both fall into that same picky - yet educated - group,
Elrikk. :)

Bruce

Gerry Aitke

Definitely not "definately"!

by Gerry Aitke » Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:32:01


> I remember him, and now, he doesn't play FB with us anymore. I guess he's
> allways busy <g>

Definately. <G>

--

Gerry Aitken

...and a friend shall lose a friend's hammer -- Book of Cyril, chapter
6, verse 16

Bruce Kennewel

Definitely not "definately"!

by Bruce Kennewel » Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:32:42

Yep......because they've never been taught to spell correctly, whereas you
aliens :) are taught not only the grammar but also the spelling.

Bruce.


Gerry Aitke

Definitely not "definately"!

by Gerry Aitke » Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:35:48


> Here's another common one: alot (or even allot!) instead of a lot.
> Tsk. Tsk.

And 'antidissestablishmentaryanism' is another common one.

--

Gerry Aitken

...and a friend shall lose a friend's hammer -- Book of Cyril, chapter
6, verse 16

Usenette

Definitely not "definately"!

by Usenette » Sun, 14 Sep 2003 19:20:38



Yeah, but great if your client is Outlook Express - both for read and write.

ALMOST ??
Grammatical errors look dumb, are dumb - and in relation to spelling errors,
are heinous outrages.
Spelling errors are relatively inocuous.



> > That's another thing that gets on my wick: "should OF" instead of
"should
> > HAVE" - and any other similar combination ("must of", for example).

> > Bruce.



> > > I know, I should of asked....


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