OT word usage

RobZip wrote:

what a sad sac
My sac (sic) is quite happy.

and you don't know jack about history

Explanation and rebuttal please?


iii couldn't read it all, too much buuuull Funkeh

While we are at it, another pet peeve is when listening to people talk
on television or radio. The word "to" is almost always pronounced as
"ta". This includes our very intelligent president! Just listen for
it.


---MIKE---
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')

---MIKE--- wrote:
While we are at it, another pet peeve is when listening to people talk
on television or radio. The word "to" is almost always pronounced as
"ta". This includes our very intelligent president! Just listen for
it.

my peeve is when someone says , and too

"Willow" wrote in message
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I wasn't taking it personally.. ;o) just kinda reminding people that not
everybody is an english speaking american in here.
Will~

I strongly suspect that a good number of people in the U.K. would say that
we "English speaking Americans" are speaking something other than English.
(grin)
Annie

My husband is american from the end of his hair to the tip of his toes and I
often correct his english.. and I've been speaking english for only 3 years
!! (thought reading and writting it for longer)

--
Will~

"... so that's how liberty ends, in a round of applause."

Queen Amidala, The revenge of the Syth.


"Annie Wxill" wrote in message
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"Willow" wrote in message
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I wasn't taking it personally.. ;o) just kinda reminding people that not
everybody is an english speaking american in here.
Will~

I strongly suspect that a good number of people in the U.K. would say that
we "English speaking Americans" are speaking something other than English.
(grin)
Annie

*grin* My Dad's a french teacher... to this day, me and my 2 brothers can't
spell to save our lives..

--
Will~

"... so that's how liberty ends, in a round of applause."

Queen Amidala, The revenge of the Syth.


"Dick Peavey" wrote in message
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"Willow" wrote in message
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On peut faire ceci en francais. De cette facon je ne ferai pas de fautes
et
j'aurai le plaisir immense de corriger TES fautes...

Just remember, Antoine de Saint Exupéry flunked French. Ô, au, eau, eaux,
etc. Oh, les os. Can't say I blame him. (For non-francophones, I'm playing
with the different ways French represents the O sound).

Willow wrote:

me and my 2 brothers can't
spell to save our lives..

How about "my 2 brothers and I"


---MIKE---
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')

Or "my two brothers and I"?

As I recall, you should usually spell out numbers, not just write the
digit(s). There are exceptions: it is common usage for a newspaper headline
to write "Budget Surplus is $372 Billion" rather than "Budget Surplus is
Three Hundred and Seventy Two Billion Dollars".

Rhino

"---MIKE---" wrote in message
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Willow wrote:

me and my 2 brothers can't
spell to save our lives..

How about "my 2 brothers and I"


---MIKE---
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')

a christmas tree wrote:
---MIKE--- wrote:
Just for clarification - some words are commonly misused. Here is a
guide,
Your - possessive - belonging to.
You're - contraction - "you are"
There - at a place
Their - possessive - belonging to.
They're - contraction - "they are"



to this day I cannot tell you for certain how to spell

thier or their

Easy mnemonic device: spell "the" first, then add the "ir".
"There", "their", & "they're" all start w/the word "the".

peice or piece

Another easy trick: spell "pie" first, then add on the "ce". IOW, a
piece of pie.;-)

Cathy



on the Charlie Brown spelling bee, it was, "i before e except after c"

hard ones are like, though "even though you paid", it looks like tough
but it's not so

wrote:

Another easy trick: spell "pie" first, then add on the "ce". IOW, a
piece of pie.;-)

Cathy

thier
piece (im feeling so smart, heh heh heh)
i know all my contractions...all of em


how about conceive? see, here is exception

I don't think my mind will ever sort these out
except for pie.

actually I used to win spelling bees in my class
I am good speller, but these little words can trip me up

I can spell words I've never even written if I am pronouncing them
right, or If I have read them. but these little words with consecutive
vowels snag me everytime.