Grammar Police
Feb 23, 2014 11:03:55 #
Mercer wrote:
True. But isn't it better to use it than not to use it? :-(
I have a spelling checker
It came with my PC
It highlights for my review
Mistakes I cannot sea.
I ran this poem thru it
I'm sure your pleased to no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My checker told me sew.
Feb 23, 2014 11:07:17 #
FredB
Loc: A little below the Mason-Dixon line.
Pepper wrote:
LENSE is so correct, you see it everywhere in Ansel Adam's writings, and Kelby's, and Peterson's, and Ang's, ...and... oh, no, sorry, you don't. It seems like every photographer that makes the typical UHH member get a camera hard-on spells it "LENS". Only Brits who learned it in 1925 spell it LENSE. What does that tell you?Actually both spellings are accepted as correct. Just google lense and see what you get.
Feb 23, 2014 11:12:18 #
Pepper
Loc: Planet Earth Country USA
FredB wrote:
LENSE is so correct, you see it everywhere in Ansel Adam's writings, and Kelby's, and Peterson's, and Ang's, ...and... oh, no, sorry, you don't. It seems like every photographer that makes the typical UHH member get a camera hard-on spells it "LENS". Only Brits who learned it in 1925 spell it LENSE. What does that tell you?
Did you actually READ what I posted? I said that BOTH spellings are considered CORRECT.
Feb 23, 2014 11:12:35 #
[quote=CaptainC]Like it or not, the way you write/talk is a reflection on your education and intelligence. At the very least is is an indication of your attention to detail: do you re-read your post before hitting "send?"
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: That is absolutely correct in any business setting.
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: That is absolutely correct in any business setting.
Feb 23, 2014 11:21:02 #
KTJohnson wrote:
C'mon folks. If you're smart enough to be on this site, you're smart enough to use these right.
OK. I feel a lot better now.
OK. I feel a lot better now.
Thanks. American English is going down the tube... ugh!
Feb 23, 2014 11:23:02 #
nairiam wrote:
I have a spelling checker
It came with my PC
It highlights for my review
Mistakes I cannot sea.
I ran this poem thru it
I'm sure your pleased to no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My checker told me sew.
It came with my PC
It highlights for my review
Mistakes I cannot sea.
I ran this poem thru it
I'm sure your pleased to no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My checker told me sew.
:lol: :lol: :thumbup: A good sense of humor is important too, to, two...oh hell.
Feb 23, 2014 11:24:57 #
Manny Jay
Loc: Colorado
I told the tattoo artist to put "Born to lose" on my arm.
He couldn't spell worth a darn. He put "Born too loose"
He couldn't spell worth a darn. He put "Born too loose"
Feb 23, 2014 11:28:18 #
RS
Loc: W Columbia, SC
I know my grammer was perfect, 'speshly in da kitchen wen she made b'skeddie fur us ta eet.
Feb 23, 2014 11:28:42 #
What about bring and take.
You bring something here.
You take something there.
2 different places, they're not the same.
You bring something here.
You take something there.
2 different places, they're not the same.
Feb 23, 2014 11:35:23 #
AzPicLady wrote:
As an x-teacher of English, I admit that bad gramm... (show quote)
What I don't understand is when grammar used by people because they think it makes them sound cooler.
Feb 23, 2014 11:45:58 #
Racmanaz wrote:
It's kind of ironic how we care so much about correcting others typographical errors on here, yet we don't pay any mind to verbal grammar. How many have heard people say "ya wanna", Ya gotta", "ya hafta", You shoulda". It's all street "tawk" so lets ease up on each other unless we are competing in a spelling Bee.
Ya gotta understand the difference between consciously using a colloquialism versus sloppy grammar. I can communicate clearly and still use ain't, gotta or gonna in a sentence. I do it to shade the meaning I'm trying to impart. I do it because I don't want my writing to sound stiff. Or maybe I do it because it's the way I actually speak.
I'm not bothered by the bad grammar, really, excepting the stuff that looks like text messaging shorthand. If I have to read it two or three times to decode I'm moving on to the next post.
Feb 23, 2014 11:46:53 #
jkm757 wrote:
So I'm guessing you didn't re-read your post before hitting send, otherwise you would have changed "is is" to "it is" in your comment about paying attention to detail.
:thumbup:
Feb 23, 2014 11:48:21 #
photog11 wrote:
"Of coarse" I agree with you. Now if only we could get them to understand that one piece of glass is a lens (not lense). :lol:
Then what's a lense?
Feb 23, 2014 11:52:44 #
Different people have different skills, so if I find someone who has a skill that I'm interested in, I will overlook grammar and spelling problems, especially on the Internet in informal situations like UHH.
Now if I'm reading an article on grammar and spelling, I would expect there to be no grammar and spelling errors.
When I'm reading articles about sports and the author quotes statistics, I expect those statistics to be correct.
When I'm reading articles about plants, I expect the plants to be identified correctly.
Etc.
Otherwise, I just say:
Now if I'm reading an article on grammar and spelling, I would expect there to be no grammar and spelling errors.
When I'm reading articles about sports and the author quotes statistics, I expect those statistics to be correct.
When I'm reading articles about plants, I expect the plants to be identified correctly.
Etc.
Otherwise, I just say:
Feb 23, 2014 12:00:12 #
Did you check your post Cliff before you sent it????LOL
Is Is doesn't make sence to me.
bullfrogs
LOL
Is Is doesn't make sence to me.
bullfrogs
LOL
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