Muppet grammar grinch creeps into class

[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!"

[mimitabby]

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!"

ah, the spell checker.
Someone I know wrote a short story about someone named Smitty. It's dramatic and sad. Well, somehow the spell checker kicked in and changed some of the Smittys to Smutty. I couldn't help but laugh out loud, as he fixed some of them but not others....

[trickytiger]

ah, the spell checker.
Someone I know wrote a short story about someone named Smitty. It's dramatic and sad. Well, somehow the spell checker kicked in and changed some of the Smittys to Smutty. I couldn't help but laugh out loud, as he fixed some of them but not others....

Oh, you mean like the time I wrote a paper about relative plate motions for a geology class in college, and the dang spell-checker changed every "subduction zone" to "seduction zone" and "orogeny" to "erogeny" (which I failed to notice)? (Gives a new meaning to "thrust fault!")

My prof got a good laugh out of that.

[OakLeaf]

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

Oh no!

[Possegal]

One of my fellow grad school folks left a paper she was working on for her advisor open on a lab computer and went to dinner. We always warned folks to not leave things open on a group computer. In true 12-yr old fasion, my friend and I went through the document randomly inserting words like "boobies". Nothing too graphic, but definitely things to embarrass her.

Ah, I miss acting like a 12 yr old.

And yes, she caught it before turning it in, but cursed us for her having to go through it and check for them, as of course spell check didn't catch most of them.

[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...