Bad spelling and grammar drive me nuts !!!!
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Bad spelling and grammar drive me nuts !!!!
I don't know what the rest of you think, but bad spelling and grammar drives me nuts.
To me it always shows a poor level of education and, even worse, in these days of spell checking, a pitiful lack of attention to detail.
Here is an example of just how bad a lack of attention to detail can be.......
A new young monk arrives at the monastery. He’s assigned to help the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript.
So, the new monk goes to the head Abbot to question this; pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up. In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies.
The Abbot, says, “We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son.”
So, the Abbot goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery where the original manuscript is held as archives in a locked vault that hasn’t been opened for hundreds of years.
Hours go by and nobody sees the old Abbot. So, the young monk becomes concerned and goes downstairs to look for him.
He sees the Abbot banging his head against the wall, and wailing “We forgot the R. We forgot the R.“ His forehead is all bloodied and bruised and he’s crying uncontrollably.
The young monk asks the old Abbot, “What’s wrong, father?”
With a choking voice, the old Abbot replies, “The word should be celebRate!”
To me it always shows a poor level of education and, even worse, in these days of spell checking, a pitiful lack of attention to detail.
Here is an example of just how bad a lack of attention to detail can be.......
A new young monk arrives at the monastery. He’s assigned to help the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript.
So, the new monk goes to the head Abbot to question this; pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up. In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies.
The Abbot, says, “We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son.”
So, the Abbot goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery where the original manuscript is held as archives in a locked vault that hasn’t been opened for hundreds of years.
Hours go by and nobody sees the old Abbot. So, the young monk becomes concerned and goes downstairs to look for him.
He sees the Abbot banging his head against the wall, and wailing “We forgot the R. We forgot the R.“ His forehead is all bloodied and bruised and he’s crying uncontrollably.
The young monk asks the old Abbot, “What’s wrong, father?”
With a choking voice, the old Abbot replies, “The word should be celebRate!”
Last edited by KUDOS on Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:48 am, edited 1 time in total.
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ALL WHIZ EWES A SPOOL CHICKEN
Spell Checkers are great at suggesting the correct spelling -
as long as you know the correct word to choose !!
ALL WHIZ EWES A SPOOL CHICKEN - their Grate !!!!
YOU GOTTA SAY THIS POEM OUT LOUD !!!
It makes Sense !!!
(I yam prod too say eye rote these wee dote tar miss steak)
Eye halve a spilling chequer
It come with my pee sea,
It plane lea marques fore my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Aye stroke a quay and type a ward
And weight four it two say,
Weather eye ham wring oar aye yum write
It shoes me strait a weigh.
A swoon as a missed hake is maid
It nose bee fore two lung,
And aye con putt the ear oar rite
Its wear lea ever Wong.
To white with car is quiet a fete
Of witch won should bee pride,
And wee mussed dew the breast whee can,
Course floor sore knot aloud.
Eye hove run this poem threw hit
Your shore reel glade two now,
Its lettuce prefect hall the weigh
Me chequers toiled me sew.
Sew whine Eva urine affix
Four lawn and list fore wards
We member ewe gut a chequer
And con rite bitter kin tzar words
- Oblivious - Sauce Un-knot
My spill chicken says its prefect !!!!
as long as you know the correct word to choose !!
ALL WHIZ EWES A SPOOL CHICKEN - their Grate !!!!
YOU GOTTA SAY THIS POEM OUT LOUD !!!
It makes Sense !!!
(I yam prod too say eye rote these wee dote tar miss steak)
Eye halve a spilling chequer
It come with my pee sea,
It plane lea marques fore my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Aye stroke a quay and type a ward
And weight four it two say,
Weather eye ham wring oar aye yum write
It shoes me strait a weigh.
A swoon as a missed hake is maid
It nose bee fore two lung,
And aye con putt the ear oar rite
Its wear lea ever Wong.
To white with car is quiet a fete
Of witch won should bee pride,
And wee mussed dew the breast whee can,
Course floor sore knot aloud.
Eye hove run this poem threw hit
Your shore reel glade two now,
Its lettuce prefect hall the weigh
Me chequers toiled me sew.
Sew whine Eva urine affix
Four lawn and list fore wards
We member ewe gut a chequer
And con rite bitter kin tzar words
- Oblivious - Sauce Un-knot
My spill chicken says its prefect !!!!
Last edited by KUDOS on Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:42 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Bad spelling and grammar drive me nuts !!!!
knot shure wat u talking a bout butt it loooks guude 2 me.
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Re: Bad spelling and grammar drive me nuts !!!!
ROFL! That's a good one! I, too, cannot STAND bad spelling and grammar, especially when Firefox has spell check built-in!KUDOS wrote:With a choking voice, the old Abbot replies, “The word should be celebRate!”[/color]
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Re: Bad spelling and grammar drive me nuts !!!!
CTC-JimRimya wrote:too
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Re: Bad spelling and grammar drive me nuts !!!!
TOO is correct and in context....I rest my case !!!!
Likewise; also; in addition; Over; more than enough; noting excess, as in too much
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Too
Likewise; also; in addition; Over; more than enough; noting excess, as in too much
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Too
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Re: Bad spelling and grammar drive me nuts !!!!
Did you mean Two? I think you meant TWO.KUDOS wrote:TOO is correct and in context....I rest my case !!!!
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Re: Bad spelling and grammar drive me nuts !!!!
Grammatically, "too" is correct as in this context it means "also"
You are thinking of it only in the context of "excessive" ie. it is too hot, too cold etc.
Sorry guys but "TWO" is incorrect.......you are the weakest link......Goodbye.....LOL
Likewise; also; in addition; Over; more than enough; noting excess, as in too much
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Too
You are thinking of it only in the context of "excessive" ie. it is too hot, too cold etc.
Sorry guys but "TWO" is incorrect.......you are the weakest link......Goodbye.....LOL
Likewise; also; in addition; Over; more than enough; noting excess, as in too much
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Too
Last edited by KUDOS on Fri Feb 12, 2010 4:14 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Bad spelling and grammar drive me nuts !!!!
Did you mean Too? I think you meant TOO.KUDOS wrote:Grammatically, "too" is correct as in this context it means "also"
You are thinking of it only in the context of "excessive" ie. it is too hot, too cold etc.
Sorry guys but "TWO" is incorrect.......you are the weakest link......Goodbye.....LOL
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Re: Bad spelling and grammar drive me nuts !!!!
TWO TWOS TOOK TOO LONG TO PUT ON TWO TOO TIGHT TOO-TOOS
ONE WON
FOUR FORESAW FORTY FOUR TOO-TOOS........NINE !!! NINE !!! He cried, "It's FORESIGHT !!!!"
ONE WON
FOUR FORESAW FORTY FOUR TOO-TOOS........NINE !!! NINE !!! He cried, "It's FORESIGHT !!!!"
Re: Bad spelling and grammar drive me nuts !!!!
What is the difference between who and whom.
Seriously. i Probably could Google it; but i won,t?
Seriously. i Probably could Google it; but i won,t?
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Re: Bad spelling and grammar drive me nuts !!!!
its won't! dammit!SMR wrote:won,t?
Re: Bad spelling and grammar drive me nuts !!!!
SMR wrote:What is the difference between who and whom.
Seriously. i Probably could Google it; but i won,t?
No need....this answers it as well as I could:
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Re: Bad spelling and grammar drive me nuts !!!!
I think that we must not forget that our current spelling of words is but a placeholder of our time on the planet. In time, many of the words that are misspelled today will become the norm. It is written.
Love your input Kudos, always nice to have a brain around. Luckily we have few bright folks here that keep it on the up and up.
Hear, hear!
Love your input Kudos, always nice to have a brain around. Luckily we have few bright folks here that keep it on the up and up.
Hear, hear!
Re: Bad spelling and grammar drive me nuts !!!!
so sal your saying that the sentence
any1 whom cairs abowt speling on ay foreum es ay doosh.
will be a correct sentence one day?
cool
any1 whom cairs abowt speling on ay foreum es ay doosh.
will be a correct sentence one day?
cool