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Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by JC91006, Jan 8, 2019.

  1. JC91006

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    This ad just popped up my on screen, I can't believe the amount of spelling errors on it. Proof reading a thing of the past? 20190108_110912.jpeg
     
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    My wife regularly gets text messages from a friend that are complete gibberish. We have no idea what she's trying to say. The friend blames it on "auto correct." ROFLOL!!!
     
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    Pretty much. Many years ago, I was in the regulatory reporting group of a company (Fortune 500) We produced the annual report, 10-K, and many other regulatory docs. We had a conference table and after every section was prepared, two of us would take turns reading all the words, AND punctuation, ALOUD to each other at that table. It's amazing what you catch when you read something out loud, and not just to yourself. Then we'd go to the publisher and do a modified version from their 4 color proofs. The original reports were prepared on an IBM PC with 2 full height 360k floppy drives using IBM Writing Assistant and a dot matrix printer. We never had any errors get out using that method.
     
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    npr: 40% of american children can't spell

    it started back in the 80's when my kids were in school, teachers told us the mistakes were fine, and the kids would eventually figure it out on their own.
    needless to say, we taught them at home.
     
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    That's pretty bad teaching. Unless the mistakes are pointed out, who is to know there's a mistake made?
     
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    Speech is similar, and it's pretty much verboten to correct anyone. I recall listening to a women's advocate on the radio, and she constantly referred to "women" (plural) as "woman" (singular). An absurdly basic grammar error, and, well, nobody's gonna bell the cat.

    Our grandkids can't read their birthday cards in cursive.

    Personal confession: I've lost the ability to write in cursive myself, years of drafting I guess. :oops:
     
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    I’m regularly finding spelling and grammatical errors in online news stories. The sieve that’s being used these days aint cuttin’ It.
     
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    My personal problem is my fingers are much slower than my brain and I tend to skip words as I type. If I read my stuff afterwards, I discover how messed up my English has become LOL.

    I always want to correct the simple errors people write, but afraid to correct everything. The words I notice people use incorrectly most often are:

    witch = which
    break = brake
    your = you're
    there = their, they're
    threw - through
    whether = weather
    affect = effect
    waist = waste
    except = accept

    Many don't even realize they are using the wrong words, they are just sounding things out
     
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    our = are
     
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    Mangled phrases, for example "I could care less", when you're more'n likely you're meaning "I couldn't care less".
     
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    That's not bad teaching. In fact, it's not teaching at all. It's stealing from the taxpayers and crippling the kids' future ability to earn a living.

    One of my pet peeves. Almost as bad as stuff like, "This is from Mike and I," or "from Mike and myself."
     
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    Speaking of mangling...
     
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    Extremely bad English in an Ad is usually a sign that it comes from "over seas" and odds are there is some scamming involved.

    Alas, many sites like this contract for "pass through" ads from remote sources over which the host has little or no control.
    Some really BAD stuff can come through like that.

    I understand the need for ads.......but not like that.
    I have been forced into using AdBlocker.

    THIS site is pretty tame compared to most.
     
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    Yup! Good point.
     
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    I "hunt & peck" type and sometimes. it appears letters are missing from words. I do try & correct them though. I find the writing from other staff here at a University IT department is atrocious, especially among the younger generation.
     
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    Touch-type goes out the window with the lap top set? Nigh impossible on a touch-screen.
     
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    I find I often have to go back and edit my post on here, when I first type them out, it made perfect sense. Until I read it after it posts.....oops.

    I know my English is not perfect and I make grammatical errors, but when you read that stuff on articles written by professionals, it's pretty bad.
     
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    Ditto!! I recently made a post where I'm glad I proof read it before posting. Used the wrong vowel for "slot." I had a "u" in there instead. Well, they are right next to each other. :eek: :rolleyes: :ROFLMAO: :whistle:
     
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    I have one mental block, type "bettery" in place of "better", quite frequently. Usually catch it.
     
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    I'm losing the ability to write in cursive.......years of big muscle motion, & arthritis, I guess..... no practice, either. Gee, all sorts of reasons.
     
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