Spelling Lessons
Vesterberg
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FFS:
INDEPENDENT not INDEPENDANT
SENTENCE NOT SENTANCE
RIDICULOUS NOT REDICULOUS
Don't the little red wiggly lines give you a clue?
INDEPENDENT not INDEPENDANT
SENTENCE NOT SENTANCE
RIDICULOUS NOT REDICULOUS
Don't the little red wiggly lines give you a clue?
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Fixed that for you.
Blame Wgl then!
That was painful to type :oops:
Yes.
But why? In English, standardized spelling is only a couple of hundred years old - and we've never really been that fussed about policing the language aggressively, unlike the French. Maybe we're coming to the end of the era in which bad spelling is seen as such a big deal.
Unlike 200 years ago, the written word is now an extremely important form of communication. If we let spelling standards slip then eventually we'll end up being unable to understand what other people are writing.
That said, English spelling is a pig, due to it not being phonetic.
My spelling is pretty rubbish to tell the truth, so I don't normally get stroppy about it but if your at work communicating with colleagues, that is one of the times it is very important.
that's my advise
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Two perfect.
When you are talking about the difference between indepedent and indepedant you might be able to argue your case but one of the more common mistakes I see now is people spelling lose as loose which I do think is important as it's another word entirely. It almost reminds me of the gimps they interviewed during the recent riots...forget spelling, most of them couldn't even speak English properly let alone spell basic words.
Yes. I agree that you really have to draw the line if you get to the point where two words are spelled the same way but pronounced differently.
Before you know it, I'd be able to lead you to the lead mine, where I'd give you a nice bass for dinner while playing a soothing song on my double bass. Then I'd desert you in the desert without dessert.
Which is what happens when good spelling is neglected. 8)
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew
It always worries me in work when people send stuff out without checking the spelling or grammar. If they can't be bothered avoiding looking like a fool in front of their colleagues then what else can't they be bothered doing; maybe safety related.
If someone in work tells you that spelling or grammar doesn't matter, then try this;
sendallyourcorrespondencetotheminscriptacontinuanopunctuationnocapitalsnospacesetcetteraasthatgenerallygetsthemessageaccross
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It's 'you're', but I appreciate you're not at work
Nicely done Sir!!
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