and now because I live and work in Spanish, where you spell things exactly how they sound, I have transferred that ability to English, which drives my mother crazy in emails "were i right whatever letters/words first come to mind an then use the wrong their/there/they're all over the place".
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01-08-2010, 09:21 AM #1
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01-08-2010, 09:34 AM #2
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Homophones were the bane of my existence when I was teaching English. Some kids never learned the differences/usages no matter what hands-on activities I tried. And judging from communication with other adults, a lot of people don't know correct usage for things like there/their/they're.
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01-14-2010, 01:00 PM #3
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There there, dear. I'm sure they're all doing their best for you over there.
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01-21-2010, 07:38 AM #4
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How about discreet/discrete?
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01-21-2010, 11:19 AM #5
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01-21-2010, 12:49 PM #6
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Oh, I hate this one. Whenever I see "we guarantee to be discrete" or something of the kind, I want to add "what? one little step at a time??"
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01-21-2010, 01:09 PM #7
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I've run across discreet numbers--in a professionally translated economics text. Truly cringe-worthy. Originally Posted by lph
Oh, I hate this one. Whenever I see "we guarantee to be discrete" or something of the kind, I want to add "what? one little step at a time??"
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01-26-2010, 01:52 PM #8
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how about "should of" instead of "should've" -- aaarghhh
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01-26-2010, 02:08 PM #9
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It's "should have"! :-)
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01-27-2010, 12:22 AM #10
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Let's not forget "Alot" (not even a word!) instead of "A lot". Thankfully, I've never seen anyone try to use "Allot" in place of "A lot", but I suspect it's only a matter of time.
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