Doesn't anyone use proofreaders anymore?
08-10-2015, 07:06 PM
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One of the grammatical errors that drives me crazy is the misuse of "brought". Ex: I brought my sewing machine to the shop. It should be "I took my machine to the shop." I, too, spot all the errors in the paper; even the large type headlines are not exempt. I did teach language arts for a hundred years and do know the rules!!!
08-10-2015, 07:15 PM
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There were 8 definitions of brought on the web site I looked at. So the correct definition depends on the context that the word is being used in.
When i first read your post, I thought that you might have meant 'bought', not 'brought', as 'bought' is frequently used when 'brought' should be used.
When i first read your post, I thought that you might have meant 'bought', not 'brought', as 'bought' is frequently used when 'brought' should be used.
08-10-2015, 07:19 PM
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Spelling - I think people are born able to spell or not able to spell. I never had to work at spelling, but my sister had to study, study, study to pass a spelling test. My son would get all the right letters for a word, but rarely in the right order. My middle and youngest daughter never had a lick of trouble with spelling.
08-10-2015, 07:21 PM
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Another one used incorrectly on here very much is advise and advice. When I give you advice, I advise you. Advice is the noun and advise is a verb. Do kids know anything about that anymore? How you pronounce them is strange, too. Advice has the ice in it and it sounds like ice. But advise sounds like it has a "z" in it.
08-10-2015, 07:22 PM
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There were 8 definitions of brought on the web site I looked at. So the correct definition depends on the context that the word is being used in.
When i first read your post, I thought that you might have meant 'bought', not 'brought', as 'bought' is frequently used when 'brought' should be used.
When i first read your post, I thought that you might have meant 'bought', not 'brought', as 'bought' is frequently used when 'brought' should be used.
08-10-2015, 07:50 PM
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I'm with Katybob ---the use of apostrophes when they're not needed drives me crazy! Case in point - on your foot you wear a shoe. What you buy at the shoe store is a pair of shoes, not "shoe's"! (Spell checker wanted my sentence to say " show" store!)
08-11-2015, 04:03 AM
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"Bring that baby over here."
"I'm taking him into the other room."
Another pet peeve is borrow for lend. I first heard this with a co-worker from Sweden. OK, I gave him a pass, English as a second language. But I have heard many native English speakers doing the same thing. "Can you borrow me $10?"
08-11-2015, 04:38 AM
#49
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It is too bad that writers let the autocorrect do their work and then they forget about such things as homonyms. My advice, as a former English teacher, is for those contemplating a writing career, to read, read, read and read some more in order to educate themselves as to how literature "feels" as well as looks. We'll never win this battle, but I can hope, can't I?
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