[Count'n the days]

If I can get the point, I'm happy and don't care if the poster was an "A" student in their grammar classes. I appreciate their knowledge of the topic in general. I hope this thread doesn't discourage anyone from participating. Thanks to those who expressed themselves with humor.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by TexaninVA

Thes is a sirius issue and me happi you done wrote about it

Luv it. Exceeleent "Tex".....

Your spelling is not too bad........but your grammar.......???

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist

You probably know that I won the Red Pen of America Contest for many years. But then...when Peter Jennings said "snuck" after we stayed up all night together watching shock and awe, I began to fundamentally question the plausibility of my quest to rid the world of error.
The very word reminds me what was once an ironical, common mistake....of course you know that the word "err" was once only correctly pronounced "ur" and never "air"?
And remember that horrible year when "collectables" with an "a" was added to the dictionary? It's pathetic; it's an outrage; to what is the world coming? What to do?
Trust me, friends of the Red Pen, when you cannot rely on the Oxford English Dictionary to hold a line, you are alone in the world.

Wait just a minute! I was an editor, and I say "snuck." Even Merriam-Webster doesn’t make the distinction in its online definition and fully recognizes “snuck” as a past tense and past participle of “sneak."

The rules of the English language constantly evolve with usage, and I believe that's as it should be. Otherwise we would still be saying thee and thy. Although I do object to The Ox adding the insipid Rachael Ray's EVOO to the dictionary.

Peter Jennings... I'm happy to be lumped with him as one of the "snuckers."

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by nitehawk

Is this your opinion -WOW - is that all it take to have peace in the world
There may be a job for you in the govt- or maybe you had one

I knew Parker was kiddin' but not sure about your post?

I do so love a little play on words. What EVR happin to Boomer, our resident English Major??

[njbchbum]

mercy! it was almost a pleasure to come to this site today and find complaining/adminishment/chiding/whatever and good humor going on about spelling instead of dog poop!

carry on - please!

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by njbchbum

mercy! it was almost a pleasure to come to this site today and find complaining/adminishment/chiding/whatever and good humor going on about spelling instead of dog poop!

carry on - please!

Dogge Poope (Old English...)

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Dogge Poope (Old English...)

I love you CFRANCE. I do.

[blueash]

Originally Posted by jnieman

I do know that as you are typing along sometimes you don't realize that you are using the incorrect version of the words their, there, too or to. I happens to me. I think my brain is functioning to fast to realize the difference. Once it is posted and I read it again it sinks in and I think now why did I do that when I know perfectly well how to use the word? and I edit the post and fix it. One thing I had to mention is on the show Judge Judy this week a litigant came up with a new word "tooken". She kept saying it over and over and Judge Judy stopped her and said there is no such word as tooken. It was a funny moment.

I see what you did there.. functioning to fast. Google search has 595,000 hits for "tooken"

[blueash]

Gracie
None of this will hopefully make you even hesitate for a moment the next time someone posts about Lake Sumpter.

[kagney123]

Originally Posted by Bernie

Cow - Cow - C -- O -- W -- E -- I -- E -- O

LoL yep he might not spell good but hes a hellva farmer

[pooh]

Remember, punctuation can make the difference........

Woman without her man, is nothing.

Woman: Without her, man is nothing.

[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I have hemorrhoids.

When goils have them, why don't they call thems herorrhoids? Probing minds want to know!

p.s. For my own protection I think that maybe perhaps I should put a disclaimer in my signature that says... "MY SPELL-CHECK DID IT!"

[LI SNOWBIRD]

Originally Posted by Bernie

Cow - Cow - C -- O -- W -- E -- I -- E -- O

HA-HA-HA

Did I spell that correctly? Punctuate right? Syntax OK?

[kagney123]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Dogge Poope (Old English...)

I am confused (not the first time) is it dog poop or dog pooped since all dog poop is really in the past tense?

Ahh I feel better now that poop has been introduced to this thread.


Wishing everyone a happy day

[tucson]

I know of a couple of people who have Masters and PHD degrees that are always misspelling.... "spelling" :-)