Muppet grammar grinch creeps into class

[mimitabby]

X²/a² + Y²/b² = 1?

oh, it's been SO LONG since I saw this equation!! how cool! thanks

while we're talking about spelling...

The one that cracks ME up the most is rode and road. And as often as I see the wrong word used here in a sentence, I catch myself doing it too!

Why she rode on the road on a road bike to get down the road I'll never know.
Why should that be so difficult?

I think Kat_H is a little hypersensitive. But as someone else pointed out, if you misspell a word, it's very likely that people who would have read your post or would have understood it, won't!! (and you want us to read it, don't you??)

Maybe it's a generational thing? No one's asking for perfect punctuation or grammar, but to communicate, it is helpful to use conventional spelling, so all can understand; if of course, that was your intent??

Is that unreasonable?

and Knot, GREAT job on the CC typo's!!

[SouthernBelle]

Misuse of words, like road or rode, does bug me. Spelling usually doesn't when I can attribute it to typos rather than ignorance. Sometimes I see a word that is so far off base that I mentally shout, "Look it up!"

[trickytiger]

I admit, I am one of those annoying spelling front-seat drivers.

Most minor spelling and grammar issues I can ignore, save one: the unnecessary apostrophe that gets thrown into words that are plural instead of a contraction or a possessive.

For example, "The road bike's are locked up outside" or "Should the doctor's know what to do?"

(Those are fictional examples). It is verbally jarring to read those sentences, because my brain automatically starts off thinking "bike is" or "something the doctor owns" instead of thinking "two bikes" or "two doctors", and then it doesn't fit with the rest of the sentence. It's minor, but sort of tiring to read.


Okay, rant over. (incomplete sentence)

[Bruno28]

Most minor spelling and grammar issues I can ignore, save one: the unnecessary apostrophe that gets thrown into words that are plural instead of a contraction or a possessive.

There are two types of people - those that know how to use apostrophe's and those that dont

[OakLeaf]

Two months ago I sent someone an email in which I accidentally wrote "to" when I meant "too." It was a pure typo, not an intentional misuse of the word, but I'm still embarrassed by it - even though I know the recipient knows that I know the difference.

[mimitabby]

Two months ago I sent someone an email in which I accidentally wrote "to" when I meant "too." It was a pure typo, not an intentional misuse of the word, but I'm still embarrassed by it - even though I know the recipient knows that I know the difference.

we all saw that, Oakleaf, your friend forwarded that email along to the Grammar Hall of Infamy. Maybe some day we'll all be able to forget it.

[uforgot]

Two months ago I sent someone an email in which I accidentally wrote "to" when I meant "too." It was a pure typo, not an intentional misuse of the word, but I'm still embarrassed by it - even though I know the recipient knows that I know the difference.

Wow Mimi, you saw it too? It made the rounds in Missouri several weeks ago!

[Crankin]

I really DO know that bad spelling and/or grammar is not a sign of poor intelligence. But the confusion of homophones here seems to be getting worse (rode/road, pedal/peddle). It does bug me. I admit it. I still read everything, though. I just wonder if some people write like that at work, or is it because this is a more casual usage situation. Some errors are so consistent over many posts, that I know they are not typos. I make many of those myself, but my browser (Safari) picks them up. Like I tell my students, "Those little red and green lines mean something!"

[OakLeaf]

Wow Mimi, you saw it too? It made the rounds in Missouri several weeks ago!

Oh no!

[michelem]

Just read this and thought it appropriate for this thread. Enjoy!

Typo on Diplomas Embarrasses Ohio Principal

A Cleveland-area principal says he's embarrassed his students got proof of their "educaiton" on their high school diplomas.

Westlake High School officials misspelled "education" on the diplomas distributed last weekend. It's been the subject of mockery on local radio.

Principal Timothy Freeman says he sent back the diplomas once to correct another error. When the diplomas came back, no one bothered to check things they thought were right the first time.

The publisher has reprinted the diplomas a second time and sent them to the 330 graduates.

[kelownagirl]

Just read this and thought it appropriate for this thread. Enjoy!

Typo on Diplomas Embarrasses Ohio Principal

A Cleveland-area principal says he's embarrassed his students got proof of their "educaiton" on their high school diplomas.

Westlake High School officials misspelled "education" on the diplomas distributed last weekend. It's been the subject of mockery on local radio.

Principal Timothy Freeman says he sent back the diplomas once to correct another error. When the diplomas came back, no one bothered to check things they thought were right the first time.

The publisher has reprinted the diplomas a second time and sent them to the 330 graduates.

LOL!!!

Our principal once wrote an blurb in the school news letter about lice that said something along the lines of "students would be checked by the pubic health nurse." And this was a pretty straight-laced principal...