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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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 Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject: It's definIte not definAte! |
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I swear sometimes I can feel my IQ dropping while reading this forum.
Sorry, bad Monday. |
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: It's definIte not definAte! |
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| Don't be rediculous! |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| There were also a lot of 'B' students in university, remember? |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| There were also a lot of 'B' students in university, remember? |
Definbtely! |
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crsandus
Joined: 05 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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| The definite/definate error isn't as annoying as the lose/loose mistake. |
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BreakfastInBed
Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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I can forgive typos and overlook the occasional mis-spelling, but not of such common words, not from supposed English teachers. All the their, they're, there, to, too, your, you're mistakes are embarrassments too.
I just cringe and bite my tongue when I read them, because no one likes the grammar police guy, but I die a little inside, so thanks for the thread dedicated to this gripe. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| crsandus wrote: |
| The definite/definate error isn't as annoying as the lose/loose mistake. |
Your post put me in a bad-grammar-remembrance induced frenzy. |
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Toju
Joined: 06 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I remember a huge thread about 'definite' about two years ago. It went on for page on page and then finally got yanked by the mods when the spelling on the 'rules' board got dragged over the coals. Happy times..... |
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Kimchi Cowboy
Joined: 17 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| There were also a lot of 'B' students in university, remember? |
Don't you mean, "alot"?
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:34 am Post subject: |
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| crsandus wrote: |
| The definite/definate error isn't as annoying as the lose/loose mistake. |
The one that bothers me is resign vs. re-sign. A hyphen makes a helluva difference in meaning, people.
| VanIslander wrote: |
| There were also a lot of 'B' students in university, remember? |
Plenty of "D" students, too. And after teaching here, I know that even a "D" is not indicative of a pass. It could be he only got a 40% and just pestered his prof to the point that he got a "D" just so he would go the hell away. |
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Chris_Dixon
Joined: 09 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:48 am Post subject: |
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| is definate and definite spelt one way in English and American English?? im not sure as i always spell it the correct way according to this thread, but i get pissed off when i get told mum should be spelt mom and favourite, favorite because some American dude thinks it can only be spelt the one way and his way has to be right. |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| Kimchi Cowboy wrote: |
| VanIslander wrote: |
| There were also a lot of 'B' students in university, remember? |
Don't you mean, "alot"?
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Don't you mean "allot?" |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:19 am Post subject: |
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"Defintitely" the most misspelled word.
Misused apostrophes get me too. |
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rubric
Joined: 28 Oct 2006
Location: Pongdongfongyong
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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VanIslander wrote:
There were also a lot of 'B' students in university, remember?
Don't you mean, "alot"? |
Your right. Thats good advise. |
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