Speling an gramer

No Mads,
Im shur that vrybudy trys ther best tu spel rite on this 4rum. sum of us tuk the smal buss ta skool and sum jus tok lyk that anywaz.

spelchek is a gud ideea....wher kan i by it?
how do I get it on to my komputr?

Skeet wud be a gud guy to prufreed the stuf pholks rite here

Always proper spelling would take a lot of chuckles out of some Nomads posts. Leave it be. Also, proper spelling is no indication of education level or intelligence, so I've been told.

I remember having to review criminal investigation reports on a daily basis written by college grad investigators. They were the worst spellers ever. But, because I loved them I always made the necessary corrections before submitting them for final type instead of sending them back with red ink corrections. I just used speel chack to make sure my speeling here is correct.

Glad to have some fun as well as the rash of opinions

I appreciate the proper use of the language...mostly thanks to a high school grammar/literature teacher...

These days I find that i have to resort to spellcheck or dictionaries at times....age and the usual excuses work

JMHO, but I don't think forums are the place to worry about spelling. Also, spelling really does not have anything to do with intelligence, and for that matter education. Sometimes it has to do with hearing and how people hear words.

I have known and had extremely intelligent students who could not spell at all and some very average students who heard a word once and could spell it. It is a complicated fuction not fully understood.

However, we used to have our famous word list when we were teaching. It included things like

to, too, two,
its, it's
here, hear
where, wear
there, their, they're
February
neighbor
which, witch
so, sew, sow
a lot
right, correct
good, well
advice, advise
this, these (that because our students spoke Spanish as a first language and in English, these was often spelled this)

We had other lists, and yes, it was just plain boring drill, but many realized it was important when they would catch other teachers making the common mistakes.

Sow, I hope you here alot of witch I said. Alot of the time its not important, butt other times writing good helps with understanding.

What was horrifying was when a young English teacher asked us the difference between good and well. When we told her one was an adjective and the other an adverb, she responded with a totally blank stare.

Diane

[Edited on 4-10-2009 by jdtrotter]

Of course, there's also the situation where a misuse of a word ultimately is adopted as legitimate. There's no language police. Think of a ship foundering. It's acceptable today to use floundering. (Not to me). was always told that flounder was a fish.

Another one- regime v. regimen. Can anyone tell me what an exercise regime is?

Truth!

Right you are Osprey. I suspect there are far more Christians than historians in answer the first, and as a Home Inspector I was taught the sin of realator, however; I have probably heard it as often from Realtors as from normal people. Also, it was very estute of you to capitalize the copyrighted title.

I actually favor spell and grammar check. Each time I make a mistake I get the squiggly little lesson I need.

i think i can spell pretty good. i know when it ain't right, even if i don't know the proper spelling. now CAPITALIZING is just too cumbersome for the hunter/pecker, or something like that. my 2nd grade teacher was right, i'm probably just lazy....

tell them you spent their inheritance!

You live without lists? How can that be? My lists have lists of their own. But then I forget to write a list that I can find to tell me where the other lists are hiding.

We also laugh anymore when one of us tells the other one to remind one of us of something-- might as well be talking to the proverbial wall, but the walls have better memories these days.

Diane

Perhaps, some day I will starve for the lack of a list. Just stubborn, I guess.

For those of you seeing red underlines on your misspelled words as you type, you're likely using Firefox as your browser.



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Doug

I guess that as one ages the mind deteriorates at a speed unnoticable short time, but if you take a 10 year span and think back to how it used to be, it's truly remarkable.
I used to read a novel in about a day to a day and a half.
The same feat takes me close to a week now and no idea why. And that's just one sample, never mind the lists.
And it's always a delight standing in the middle of a room trying to figure out why you're there, and suddenly spot the object of your search.
Age comes with its own perks.

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Originally posted by vandenberg And it's always a delight standing in the middle of a room trying to figure out why you're there, and suddenly spot the object of your search.

You are doing great! Too often I leave the room and never remember why I was there, or wake up in the middle of the night and remember.

actually dt, they don't.

the adjectival modification of the noun "chance" by using fat or slim tells one that there is a great "chance" of occurance to an outcome, or a lesser "chance".

if used conversely to the above it is a dictional error.

Educationally-Challenged ?

Leave it to Bill to throw a monkeywrench into the proceedings.

De NADA

Assisted living? Might help.

I promise to be more careful in my spelling- I will not renege on that promise

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Originally posted by vandenberg And it's always a delight standing in the middle of a room trying to figure out why you're there, and suddenly spot the object of your search.