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Evans A Criswell
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1579
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 03-22-2001 09:43 PM
The previous post I made with all of the intentional spelling and grammatical errors was meant to be humorous. (A paragraph sharply criticizing such mistakes while each sentence contains at least one such error). It was inspired by a WWW site I saw years ago that tallied occurrences of misspelled words on the WWW or USENET (I forget which) and had them sorted by frequency. It was also inspired by lists of "English rules" where the rule is broken in the statement of the rule, such as:Try not to ever split infinitives. Not capitalizing proper adjectives is like not saluting the american flag. Don't use contractions. Do not abbr. Ixnay on colloquial stuff. Proofread to be sure you didn't any words out. And so on..... I highly recommend the books by Richard Lederer in which he takes very fun looks at the English language and provides many funny mistakes that people have made. Language is a fascinating subject. Evans A Criswell This sentence no verb. This sentence totally fails in its attempt to convey the point that it does not try to make. This sentence has contains two verbs. No hay huesos en helado. 
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Randy Stankey
Film God
Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 03-22-2001 10:53 PM
As far as I'm concerned, a COUPLE of errors here and there are acceptible. BUT not when the grammar and spelling mistakes obscure the message.If you question yourself I think it's okay to use "(sp?)" if you aren't quite sure how to spell something. (This assumes that you have TRIED to figure out how to spell it.) If you're quoting somebody or using an intentional misspelling or bad grammar then use "[Sic.]" (Latin abbreviation meaning that you copied word-for-word) Essentially, TRY to get things right! It's usually appearent to me when people do or don't put forth the effort. Those who try get some slack from me. Those who don't get pitied.
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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man
Posts: 4718
From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-23-2001 12:46 AM
Jerry, I corrected my error. Back to the subject of spelling errors: I was thumbing through some maintenance logs at one of our theaters. The logs were written by the projectionists, who are 18 and 19 year old high school graduates. I did notice the spelling of some of their words. It is amazing. Get a load of this:
Allin Wrinchs
Desktop Suplies
Windos
Cleening
Sockit Tools
Leeks Oil
Statick
Manul
Flikered
Exzust
Bottum
Colecting
Cought
Plater
Problum
Plyers
Tikit
Wees Gonna....
Neat, Huh? Our future leaders? This is going to be interesting........... Here is one about counting money. Check this out: Some time ago, I went to a store and purchased two computer sound cards. The total bill was $75.44. I presented a one-hundred dollar bill and two quarters. I was expecting $25.06 in change, and the lady at the cash register was not able to figure it out. To help her figure it out, I asked her to give me the two quarters back, which she did. Then, I gave her one quarter and told her I wanted 1 dime, 2 nickels and 5 pennies.
When she gave me that change, I said, "Now I gave you a hundred dollar bill, right"? She replied, "Yes". I then said, "OK - here is a quarter, a dime, a nickel, and 4 pennies. How much money are you going to give me back in change? She blushed, and gave me $25.00 back. I would guess her age is about 24 to 26 years old. How in the hell did she qualify for the job as cashier? Jeech!!!!!
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Tim Reed
Better Projection Pays
Posts: 5246
From: Northampton, PA
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted 03-23-2001 01:57 AM
This is one of my pet peeves, boys and girls! Spelling and grammar are most important, regardless (note I didn't say "irregardless", which isn't a word) of the current belief that anything goes as long as you are trying, and as long as a person understands what you mean.Just like the commercial says, people DO judge you by the words you use (and, I submit, also by the words you write and how you write them). It's more important than you might imagine. My wife gets aggravated with me sometimes because of how long it takes me to write. I mull over every word, sentence, and paragraph, to make sure the ideas flow smoothly. As many books on the subject relate, editing IS writing. Some of my favorites are: "Write Tight", by William Brohaugh; "On Writing Well", by William Zinsser; and John's already mentioned Strunk and White's classic guide. One of my favorite columns is "The Writer's Art" by James J. Kilpatrick. He really keeps you on your toes! You can keep up with him at:
http://www.uexpress.com/coveringthecourts/viewjk.cfm?Archive=yes ------------------
Better Projection Pays!
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