Is There A Shortage Of Spaces?

[atxgun]

kthxbai, ttyl

[atxgun]

Another thing, and I am just as guilty, is the reliance of spell check. It should just be turned off. People my age should be able to spell 'recommend'.

Spell check isn't bad, what's bad is their are two many words that can be spelled correctly yet be incorrect in the semantic context.

[atxgun]

Is There Such a Word as Irregardless in the English Language?

aarrgghh!!!

actually yeah, it's not just a bushism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

keep in mind dictionaries don't dictate the meanings of words but rather report on their usage. language is an evolving thing. something that was "right" 100 years ago may be "wrong" now.

[WildBill]

Which is worse? All of the "likes" or "you knows".

[atxgun]

Which is worse? All of the "likes" or "you knows".

Ugh, I hate that one a<space>lot . From what I can tell it's largely stoners that are struggling to articulate their message and are looking for a sign they can just stop thinking since they've said enough to get their message across.

[WildBill]

Another thing, and I am just as guilty, is the reliance of spell check. It should just be turned off. People my age should be able to spell 'recommend'.

Spell check isn't bad, what's bad is their are two many words that can be spelled correctly yet be incorrect in the semantic context.

I am all for spell check. People my age used to be able to spell "recommend", but sometimes we forget.

[nuparadigm]

I just remembered another bit of miserable screed guaranteed to over-torque my headbolts: Article Confusion.

Specifically, it is a person's confusion concerning the articles "a" and "an". Improper: "an LEO". Proper: "a LEO".
Should a person (not an uneducated lout) be speaking, he/she would not say "an Law Enforcement Officer".

[Liberty]

I just remembered another bit of miserable screed guaranteed to over-torque my headbolts: Article Confusion.

Specifically, it is a person's confusion concerning the articles "a" and "an". Improper: "an LEO". Proper: "a LEO".
Should a person (not an uneducated lout) be speaking, he/she would not say "an Law Enforcement Officer".

That's not what I was taught, although that was a long time ago.

[nuparadigm]

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That's not what I was taught, although that was a long time ago.

Most of the confusion with a or an arises from acronyms and other abbreviations: some people think it's wrong to use an in front of an abbreviation like "MRI" because "an" can only go before vowels. Not so: the sound, not the letter, is what matters. Because you pronounce it "em ar eye," or "law enforcement officer" , it's "an MRI" or "a LEO".

One tricky case comes up from time to time: is it "a historic occasion" or "an historic occasion"? Some speakers favor the latter — more British than American speakers, but you'll find them in both places — using an on longish words (three or more syllables) beginning with h, where the first syllable isn't accented. They'd say, for instance, "a hístory textbook" (accent on the first syllable) but "an históric event." (Likewise "a hábit" but "an habítual offender," "a hýpothetical question" but "an hypóthesis.") Still, most guides prefer a before any h that's sounded: "a historic occasion," "a hysterical joke," "a habitual offender" — but "an honor" and "an hour" because those h's aren't sounded.

[TDDude]

but the czary prat is I bet ylal can slitl raed tihs eevn thguoht all the ltertres are jblmued anourd in the wdros.

In digital audio, it's called Error Correction. I guess the human brain can do the same thing.

[TDDude]

Which is worse? All of the "likes" or "you knows".

The one that bugs me the most is "uhh, uhhh, uhhh" and guess what we have to listen to for the next four years everytime our illustrious President Elect talks without a teleprompter.

I once had an english teacher in college that wanted us to write a paragraph using both a colon and a semi-colon. My submittal caused her to chuckle. The funny thing is, I guarantee I'm making more money today than she ever did as a teacher and I still don't know how to use the semi-colon. I don't know if I should be feel sad or vindictive because I really hate to be laughed at.

Everytime I hear my 15 year old daughter say "Like", my wife and I just mimick her. Then her little brother and sister got into the game. She cured herself in a day and now does it to her friends.

[DoubleJ]

really? who reads LEO and thinks in their head Law Enforcement Officer?
I just say leo in my head, though it would be proper to say El Ee Oh.
cause, you know, this is real important!

carry on....

[nuparadigm]

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carry on....

Exactly! The OP is a genius ... this is a great thread.

[waynev]

Mine is people that type "would of" instead of "would have" or would've. The same for could've or should've.

[sbb]

The ones that I detest the most are "diss", "dissed" and "disrespected". A person shows a lack of respect or no respect. The word is a noun people not a verb.