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thatwasfunbuticanthelpbutwonderifiwastheonlyonequi ltingtoday? Polly
"Rustqlts2" wrote in message ... justfortheheckofit, Why Not Change The SUBJECT Of This Thread? rusty, runnin' and duckin'--and THAT's the way I *choose* to sign my name-- thankyewverymuch! |
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.. In article . net, Polly Esther writes thatwasfunbuticanthelpbutwonderifiwastheonlyonequ iltingtoday? Polly -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Wendy Playle wrote:
Thanks to all who helped refresh my knowledge on this point of punctuation, but Julia, please leave poor Poe alone! You are right; the example is a true horror story. What a delight that someone understands the sorts of frights that keep me up at night! --Lia |
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No Wendy, that's what I was taught as well.
Wendy Playle wrote: Forgive the pedantic response, but I was always taught that any word formed by the contraction of two words should include the apostrophe. Since 'it's' is composed of the words 'it' and 'is' it therefore should contain the apostrophe! Am I missing something? Genuinely interested to know... |
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thatwasfunbuticanthelpbutwonderifiwastheonlyonequ iltingtoday? Probably!(g) rusty |
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Pshaw, perchance, I was perfectly preparing a plethora of pretty posie
appliques, perfectly, and punctuated perfunctorily. Diana "Rustqlts2" wrote in message ... thatwasfunbuticanthelpbutwonderifiwastheonlyonequ iltingtoday? Probably!(g) rusty |
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How about complimentary/complementary??? (my pet peeve?) Though 'walla'
instead of 'voila' makes me wince too, and 'its' instead of 'it's' is pretty bad too. What I do often, I believe, is use this instead of these, and I am not sure about me and I sometimes. Those little bits of english grammar never really got into my brain. Shirley.Caylor wrote: Kristen, I agree so much with you on the people who don't know the difference between words. My biggest bug-a-boo are those that use your instead of you're or no instead of know. No whut i meen? :~))) SYC "Kristen L. Renneker" wrote in message news:CuyEc.3907$7t3.2632@attbi_s51... Sorry... It's me being lazy. Half the time I go back and fix them, often I don't think of it. I never took any typing courses and so there was never anything drilled into me in that regards. so, when I'm typing, the shift key is not natural. If i'm posting on a message board that has a preview screen I'm more likely to go back and fix them, because I do see how bad it looks...here I usually just type a message out quickly and hit send. Though I've read that in handwriting the use of a lowercase "i" is a sign of low self esteem...wonder if it works the same way in typing? g I know what you mean about not being to pay attention to the content of a post because of some grammatical/style issue of the writer. My issue is with people who can't spell...I mean truly can't spell and don't use spellcheck...or they don't know the difference between sight/site... there/their/they're... weather/whether...where/wear/we're. I've seen some convoluted sentences, no punctuation, etc. and it drives me nuts. I try to keep my posts coherent (though last night I had already had a couple of cocktails but that capital "I" is one that usually slips right by me. So, there's my confession...I can admit when I'm wrong I promise I'll make more of an effort G Kristen "Polly Esther" wrote in message hlink.net... Kristen, there's a deeply imbedded proof-reader strain in me. It was scared into me by a terrifying 9th grade typing teacher and got worse over the years. If it is not terribly rude of me to ask, why do your posts ignore the capital " I "? If this is something young people do and I'm just not "with it", I really will try to adjust. It is so hard for me to pay attention to what you're saying when some of my brain is wanting to hit the backup key. Please bring me (gently) up to date. If I can learn to send email and operate the coffee pot, maybe I can understand. I truly mean to ask this sweetly, I just am without a clue. Polly "Kristen L. Renneker" wrote: ok...i know after i post this i'll google and find what i'm looking for, but here it goes... I need a large amount of rainbow variegated thread...i've only ever seen it on relatively small spools, but i know i'll need a lot to finish this project, so i'm hoping to get a cone, figuring it will be cheaper than buing many small spools. have any of you seen such an animal? wow! that was quick...and perfect!!! thanks a lot!!!! kristen -- Dr. Quilter Ambassador of Extraordinary Aliens http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out before replying) |
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Certainly!
On a partly connected thread (groan) there are considerable differences in the spelling, use and syntax between us UK English and our US and AU friends, which can complicate issues enormously. I would not be likely to mention differences in spelling on such an international group for fear of simply being ignorant of the spelling being correct for a different country. -- Wendy P in Stansted, UK Employ a teenager - while they still know everything! "Julia Altshuler" wrote in message news:PncFc.13517$IQ4.12239@attbi_s02... What a delight that someone understands the sorts of frights that keep me up at night! --Lia |
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Johanna:
Perhaps some differences in spelling can be attributed to one's country. British English and American English have some differences, as do other variations of the English language. Perhaps this is the case with the words copyright, copywrite, and copywright, per your post. I checked in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, and found a very long entry for copyright, which I will abbreviate here. Copyright is the right granted by law to an author (etc.) to exclusive publication (etc.) of a literary (etc.) The Dictionary does not list copywrite, but does have a definition for copywriter, one who writes advertising copy. The Dictionary also has no listing for copywright. Here is how I remember the difference: the first one gives the author the legal rights to copy the work. The second one is a person who actually writes some trade copy. HTH. PAT in VA/USA, who likes to copyright her original instructions, but has never worked as a copywriter! Johanna Koski wrote: I have to hop off my soapbox for this thread. I was taught this way in English: if you write anything, no matter how clear and right text it is, if you write "I" with small i, you automatically flunk the test. That's the first thing you have to learn; I'm always big One thing about grammar is that not everyone, even those who's native language English is, can write correctly all the words. And as English isn't my native language, I think I'm allwoed to some mistakes. I try to write correct words, but sometimes I'm too lazy to check spelling from dictionary for some odd word. Biggest mistake in words that I see frequently made by native English speakers is "copyright". It's usually "copywright" or "copywrite".... Back to the soapbox, Johanna |
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