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Spell check
- Thread starter Zman
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I use Firefox and it has a spell checker built in. The only problem is it does not correct for grammar. It thinks as long as the word is spelled correctly then it is fine. I used to have a spell checker that would recognize the difference between "their" and "there" in a sentence. That was nice. I still make the odd mistake mostly because I can't type worth shit. LOL
I do agree that it would be nice if some of the posts actually had punctuation and capital letters. I makes it so much easier to read and understand. I have seen a few here get all bent out of shape when someone asks "WTF were you saying? Use a spell checker and decent grammar man." The problem is that they know what they were thinking but nobody else does because of the very poor presentation. IMHO education is not the issue. Apathy and laziness is.
And their predictable response is something like "Hey, the English language is a work in progress. It's always changing. Look at the difference between the way Chaucer wrote, and then Shakespeare, and then Churchill."
When you point out that they wrote for their own times, folks of today won't have any of it. :headbang
When you point out that they wrote for their own times, folks of today won't have any of it. :headbang
Thats my problem aswell I type for $h!+ and usually in a hurry and have huge fingers and hands and well.... I guess when I type it fits right in with the joys of watching a monkey hump a football
Their - Plural ownership. They came in their own car.
There - a particular spot, at a distance. Place the item over there.
They're - common contraction of they are. They're all coming to the party.
Hear - To receive and decipher audio sound. I can hear the noise.
Here - A particular spot, nearby. I found the item here.
That concludes the grammar lesson for the day. Tomorrow we will discuss adverbs and sentence structure.
There - a particular spot, at a distance. Place the item over there.
They're - common contraction of they are. They're all coming to the party.
Hear - To receive and decipher audio sound. I can hear the noise.
Here - A particular spot, nearby. I found the item here.
That concludes the grammar lesson for the day. Tomorrow we will discuss adverbs and sentence structure.
Their - Plural ownership. They came in their own car.
There - a particular spot, at a distance. Place the item over there.
They're - common contraction of they are. They're all coming to the party.
Hear - To receive and decipher audio sound. I can hear the noise.
Here - A particular spot, nearby. I found the item here.
That concludes the grammar lesson for the day. Tomorrow we will discuss adverbs and sentence structure.
Speaking of adverbs, have you noticed the tendancy these days not to use them? For example, these days people mostly say things like, "He did that real fast" as opposed to "He did that really quickly."
That's because there's a difference between quick and fast. My stock '89 Mustang is quick, but it is not fast.
I try not to get all bent out of shape about how people type. Some don't even know how, and they are hunting and pecking. Some can't spell, and some use poor grammar. Even the folks that don't speak our language do a decent job of getting their point across, once you sit and read it once. Or twice. Ok, three times.
73,
RT307
Their - Plural ownership. They came in their own car.
There - a particular spot, at a distance. Place the item over there.
They're - common contraction of they are. They're all coming to the party.
Hear - To receive and decipher audio sound. I can hear the noise.
Here - A particular spot, nearby. I found the item here.
That concludes the grammar lesson for the day. Tomorrow we will discuss adverbs and sentence structure.
LMA
!!! I about pi$$ my pants when reading this because these 3 words are actually the biggest problem areas and I myself when in a hurry have messed these up and had to fix it!!!
Well since you brought it up.................................I skip any posts that look like the person is txtng his BFF. U no wut I mn?
Ugh.
Ugh.