aorlflood

And of course, your and you're! :)

star619

QuiltNan,
I agree about television, especially newspeople. These commentators are supposed to be educated. How can you take their reportage seriously if they cannot speak English correctly? What happened to proofreaders or role models for our kids or ESL viewers?
Ex-English teacher (not popular at parties-tell them you're a librarian)

Lynneander

I try to check my writing for errors and, hopefully, correct anything before it is posted. I am surprised when reading other posts that I breeze through the sentences easily, even if there are errors. Does the brain just recognize the word as a whole?

phatquilts2

what about the spelling in *txtng? *t e x t i n g

u r :shock:

ptquilts

hey., how about it's and its? That drives me nuts most of all. I have seen it used wrong on national television, apparently NO ONE is proofreading anymore.
And texting, ugh!! I read another board where some people type in text speak - comes across as so juvenile, hard to take someone seriously when they can't even spell out "you".

Someone should give me a job proofreading, I would be good at it.

I would make a lot more mistakes if I didn't have a spell-check thingy when I type, I tend to be very dyslexic (almost wrote dylsexic, see?) when typing. Never can get "usually" right the first time.

ptquilts

I just found this title in classifieds

For NY Yankees Quit Looking for fabric

now put a comma after Yankees, lol

alwayslearning

Most of the errors that we see in spelling and grammar cannot be dismissed because of lack of higher education. These are the fundamentals that used to be taught in elementary school (which used to be called grammar school). Unfortunately, here in Florida, teachers must devote their time teaching students how to take standardized tests that merely test how well someone memorizes and takes tests, not what they have learned.
Also, beware of spellcheck, if the wrong word is spelled correctly, i.e., "you're"/"your" .... It only checks spelling, not the correct usage.

fivepaws

Novels were the first!! I am always finding the wrong words. They jump out at me. Ware vs wear, met instead of meet etc.
I know I miss a lot of my typos but believe me, if I see them, I have to edit.

aorlflood

How about "bare with me"! LOL Ummm...no thanks!

ptquilts

how about "pouring over documents" - what an image!!