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motoged
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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
Don't believe everything you think....
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BajaGeoff
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iff yew gett thu fyrefoxx browsur spel chek comse awtomaticley!
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Bajahowodd
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Mye Xcuus is a cheep wyrles keebord.
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vandenberg
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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.
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Howard
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dianaji:
What red line are you talking about for spell check.
I really do not need it as I am a very profishent speller, it just my damn fingers make the misteaks.
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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ELINVESTIG8R
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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.
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Bajahowodd
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Spell check is just a crutch. Just don't think schools emphasize spelling, grammar or the understanding of words as they once did. I had an English
teacher for two years in high school who daily posted eight words on the board and required students to look up their meaning as a homework
assignment. He would randomly call on students each day to test if they did so. At the time, I though it un dolor en el culo. Later, I came to realize
how valuable it was.
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motoged
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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
Don't believe everything you think....
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DianaT
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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]
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Osprey
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The whole forum membership has some preferences that drive me batty but that's because I'm called a Prescriptive -- one who fights the changes in our
language. For example the whole forum uses "that" for people, groups, policemen, ladies, men, children, neighbors, Nomads, doctors, cheapskates, etc.
INSTEAD OF WHO OR WHOM. Somehow English speaking, well educated people perfer to dehumanize talk about people. I googled it up and the change is very
curious and controversial -- seems grammarians are stumped about how and why we write that way.
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Bajahowodd
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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?
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24baja
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I apologize if I spell with a southern accent at times, it my pa's fault! Connie
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vgabndo
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Bajawowodd:
I share your concern. I've been fighting the desire to totally ignore the statements of anyone who uses the critically flawed: "I could care less."
I LOVED the bumpersticker I saw in Texas (not my favorite place) which said: "If you ain't a cowboy, you ain't sh*t."
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Bajahowodd
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The Texas bumper sticker is certainly inimical to the cowboy mentality, such as it is. I suppose there's an element of generational evolution
involved. Idealogues would call it the "dumbing-down of our culture."
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Osprey
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You can't pick on cowboys alone. Write the word "Cavalry" on a piece of paper, show it to people on the street anywhere U.S.A. and see how many can
read it, say it. Or for real kicks try "Realtor" -- in fact do it at a Realtor's convention and see how you do. Pretty soon we'll all be throwing in
with the Realators and it will be time to call the Calvary.
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Bajahowodd
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Truth!
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vgabndo
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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.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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woody with a view
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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....
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Osprey
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I wish that worked for me because I keep mis spelling the same words over and over again even after my "lesson" and trying hard to remember the right
way. Old age, dyslexia, probably just needing more gray matter or convolutions. Knowing better doesn't seem to help so what can I tell my grandkids?
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woody with a view
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tell them you spent their inheritance!
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