How to Spell

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Originally posted by MN-Mom:
I confess, I was a bit of a Shakespeare fan in HS and college.

Are you sure it ended in college?

"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."

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Originally posted by ClevelandDad:

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Originally posted by Danny Boydston:
Sorry guys, but this thread is getting way to deep for me. I'm outta here!

Danny - I think you should remain engaged here for awhile longer. This thread is getting way TOO deep for you

ClevelandDad,
In your post, your use of "awhile" is wrong.
Since "awhile" means "for a while", it is never used with a preceding preposition. When preceded by a preposition, the correct form is "a while", as two words. That is, you never say "Stay for awhile". You say "Stay awhile" or "Stay for a while".

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Originally posted by PABBfan:

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Originally posted by ClevelandDad:

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Originally posted by Danny Boydston:
Sorry guys, but this thread is getting way to deep for me. I'm outta here!

Danny - I think you should remain engaged here for awhile longer. This thread is getting way TOO deep for you

ClevelandDad,
In your post, your use of "awhile" is wrong.
Since "awhile" means "for a while", it is never used with a preceding preposition. When preceded by a preposition, the correct form is "a while", as two words. That is, you never say "Stay for awhile". You say "Stay awhile" or "Stay for a while".

What's good for the goose is good for the gander!

It actually crossed my mind that I might have improperly used that word - now we know

I was in the printing business for years and did a lot of type setting. My most infamous mistake was impotent for important. The sentence read " Each member is impotent". I printed 10,000 flyers after the customer proofed the thing. Nobody brought it to my customer's attention for about three months.

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MN Mom...

Suggestion; Is it possible to incorporate a spell check function into the icon list above the post a reply box? It would be BIG help.

Although an English major...I spell and write fo-net-ik-ly, and am not much, and have never been swayed/impressed enough by the micro management agenda of the Syntax Nazis/Nazi's/Nazis'/Naziees to go to attach myself to a dictionary and handbook of current English usage. LIfe is too short for that. As a result I am one of the worst offenders on the HSBBW.

I get by (sort of) with a cumbersome spell check function. I have ALWAYS thought that having one here would really be a big plus...this seems like a good time to ask for one.

Please?

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There is a new thread started today in the General Forum entitled:

"Is This Scarry?"

There's a poster on this site who goes by Grammar Police. Anybody find it odd that GP hasn't posted in this thread yet?

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Originally posted by TPM:

Where's the grammer police when you need them?

Yes?

This site may be hopelessly grammatically challenged.


By the way TPM, you have a little singular/plural conflict going on in your question. Where is, which you have contracted to Where's should refer to him or her. Where are should refer to them.

- Where's the grammar police when you need him?
- Where's the grammar police when you need her?
- Where are the grammar police when you need them?

Of course, The third entry makes the most sense since police is generally a plural noun.


You also misspelled grammar.



That said, is it now time for me to go away again for a few months?

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Originally posted by spizzlepop:
There's a poster on this site who goes by Grammar Police. Anybody find it odd that GP hasn't posted in this thread yet?

It took me a while to find my password.

Sorry GP, I was busy watching TV.

Probably scared all the thin skinned people away.
Are you guys aware that Canadian spelling of certain words is different than US spelling ?

I get sooo tired of correcting spell checker.

Mark Twain said it's a danged poor mind that can think up only one way to spell a word.

Clearly, we are in the darkest days before the start of the new season. That said, to add to this trane of thawt:

You may have seen this ... Aoccdrnig to rseerach at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

Also, my little southpaw had a Geometry teacher who used to tell the kids he always wonders when he sees the road sign "Slow Children At Play" just where the comma was meant to be. Is it "Slow, Children At Play" or is it "Slow Chilren, At Play"? He would commonly ask students on their denser days "where is your comma."

Clearly, mine is right before the word "At"; but I never could run very fast.

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Originally posted by trojan-skipper:
Mark Twain said it's a danged poor mind that can think up only one way to spell a word.

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What about "Affect" and "Effect"? I see that getting mixed up a lot as well.



What about "Amongst" which is really not a word but people use it a lot.

"That guy is a standout amongst all his peers."

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Originally posted by Grammar Police:

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Originally posted by TPM:

Where's the grammer police when you need them?

Yes?

This site may be hopelessly grammatically challenged.



By the way TPM, you have a little singular/plural conflict going on in your question. Where is, which you have contracted to Where's should refer to him or her. Where are should refer to them.

- Where's the grammar police when you need him?
- Where's the grammar police when you need her?
- Where are the grammar police when you need them?

Of course, The third entry makes the most sense since police is generally a plural noun.


You also misspelled grammar.



That said, is it now time for me to go away again for a few months?

I guess I know the identity of the GP, so I used the wordHIM.

I also was waiting to see if the GP was awake and noticed GRAMMER.

Carry on!

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Originally posted by BobbleheadDoll:
Probably scared all the thin skinned people away.
Are you guys aware that Canadian spelling of certain words is different than US spelling ?

I get sooo tired of correcting spell checker.

I think I can name three words spelled differently. Center-centre, color-colour,defense-defence.

The Bulwer-Lytton Award is given annually to the worst opening sentence in the year's crop of literature (although most are written with the intent of trying to win the award).

My all-time favorite, from many years ago, is:

"That's the biggest boil I've ever lanced," said the doctor as he wiped off his glasses.

2008 Winners and 'honorable mentions' can be found here: http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/scott.rice/blfc2008.htm

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Originally posted by Danny Boydston:

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Originally posted by JPontiac:
I won the spelling bee in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. Nothing intimidates me.

Was that the Chickasaw County fair spelling bee or the National one.

Haha that was me on tv with the glasses and taking 10 minutes to spell every word.

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Originally posted by Krakatoa:
"That's the biggest boil I've ever lanced," said the doctor as he wiped off his glasses.

I didn't even know that he wore glasses.

How about those who use Sophmore vs Sophomore...

You even see it on some college sites!

This is not really spelling problem, but more of a space issue and something we all can relate too.

Theirs --- The IRS

PS I'm an accountant.

I have a problem with anything Arabic. Who is this Al-Gayda guy, anwyay? Why does he live in caves with other men? Is his Imom wondering why he didn't come home? Where does all the cave Shiite go? I'm confused. Have been ever since I was a young boy and banged my head. Iran into Irock.

I just read this whole discusion, and now I'm and now I'm even more confoosed on how to spell sum words

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Originally posted by Bum:
I'm confused. Have been ever since I was a young boy and banged my head. Iran into Irock.

" أخ "

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Originally posted by bbmomva:
Theirs --- The IRS

This is funny!

Kindof goes along with "the principal is your PAL" as a way to distinguish principal and principle!

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My principal was always my ple.

But if you tick off your Pal he will kick you in the butt. Nes pas ?

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Originally posted by infidel_08:
There might also have been some influence from where I am.

That is one of the funniest things I've read (red ) on here in a while. At first, I thought that is how you came by infidel_08. BTW, hope that the young man is doing well!

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:.

My principal was always my ple.

One of your daughters just commented on how um. um. embarrassing you are.

The younger one doesn't get it. She says, "It doesn't make sense."

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Originally posted by play baseball:

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:.

My principal was always my ple.

One of your daughters just commented on how um. um. embarrassing you are.

The younger one doesn't get it. She says, "It doesn't make sense."

Come on, the kids have to get with the program. Dad's a funny guy! (Looking )

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Originally posted by PABBfan:

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Originally posted by ClevelandDad:

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Originally posted by Danny Boydston:
Sorry guys, but this thread is getting way to deep for me. I'm outta here!

Danny - I think you should remain engaged here for awhile longer. This thread is getting way TOO deep for you

ClevelandDad,
In your post, your use of "awhile" is wrong.
Since "awhile" means "for a while", it is never used with a preceding preposition. When preceded by a preposition, the correct form is "a while", as two words. That is, you never say "Stay for awhile". You say "Stay awhile" or "Stay for a while".

Irregardless...

I haven't read the entire thread so if this came up already I apologize.

One thing I accepted a long time ago was I cannot spell to save my life. Thankfully I found this spell check add on that works with most web browsers. Now if I could only make more sense regarding what I write

Here you go. (it's free)

iespell check

I wouldn't , there are too many spellin mistakes !

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Originally posted by jerseydad:

Here you go. (it's free)

iespell check

I checked the site out jerseydad. It's great! Absolutely awesome!

My favorite feature? Hands down...without question...spit on a dime and dance to the moon...don't even show me another! It is...


Organize your personal words in individual custom dictionaries! Share them with your friends and co-workers over the network!


Wow! I've been waiting nearly a criketime for a feature like this! Imagine having our own, our very own, dictionary gammed full of our turbicious and goondalay words! What trun! Seldom will be heard a conflipulatory word and the guise will be blackadderly all day!

Having a vocabulary saylored to fit our treeds! Now we can, through sharing our created words, tredbiddingly and kerpunctorily answer each and every skwint-tant, stumbulator, and pertraggonist whenever they get on their deny-hoarse and plither like skanduloots under our skin! We'll be able to downright floot 'em in their flace! Spadiffilous! Crumpootingly spadiffilous! Ga, ga, ga!

No longer will we be froondaked, pi$$ilated, stoomed, or trowsweetened beyond all restair by the speen-turreted and loud trullies and crambacks...this is our tartar sauce moment!

We've had kerpuff! This will put an end to being pistolkelped by those who smate, blooster, and strank here on the HSBBW. They used to get our smud to poil, but no more!

Now we can troll up our sneeves and smat back! We'll emboozle our refractoes with a bleering whaldo of creative whombang! Stoop du jourk...all the way to the khrank!

So please craight out this woonsite and stamper and/or dunefruit it into your stomatal chord so we can all get plinticated and thoroughly moosted with its flumductors and idiobods.

Here it is whoonce in all its gloresome glounty...iespell check.

If we get this to work it'll be more puns than a corral of dumbkeys.

Whyisitdifficulttoremembertheuseofthespacekey? Iseethefollowingalot: alot vs. a lot
"apart of" vs. "a part of" to mean enjoined
What makes me cringe is the use of term, "this begs the question". The term, "to beg the question" does not mean what many,many journalists and ad writers use to express what should be stated as, "the question that begs to be asked".

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Originally posted by SoutherNo1:
Whyisitdifficulttoremembertheuseofthespacekey?

While we're at it would it kill everyone to hit the enter key every once in a while to start a new paragraph. IMHO I find it helps post from turning out to look like a big ball of text.

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No.

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thrown

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once

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while.

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Much better gotwood, thank you