The word "brought" is easily misused. I say "I brought my sewing machine to the shop" when I am speaking to someone in the shop. I would say "I took my machine..." when I am not at the shop, but telling about the experience. Took is always past tense, but brought can be either past or present tense, depending on to whom you are speaking. This is getting way too painful. Another of my pet peeves: to, too, two.

Our local newspaper gave a presentation to encourage businesses to advertise with them. The large number of errors in grammar, usage, and spelling were shocking. The publisher is an acquaintance, so I quietly pointed out to him the importance of proofreading the copy for these presentations, but it was obvious he didn't see any problems. I'm afraid our language is so dumbed down, partly from the texting "vocabulary," that I doubt if we can recover. We all make mistakes and need some grace, but I fear our kids are essentially illiterate.

I'm the same! I even saw some misspellings on a advertising display in a store the other day. Doesn't anyone proofread anything anymore? Or is it just that they can't spell?

Just be sure to read books that were printed before the e-book craze. If not, you may learn the wrong way to spell, use, and write many words!

My Pea Sea
Eye halve a spelling checker
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marcs four my revue
Miss stakes eye kin knot sea

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong

Eye halve run this poem threw it
Eye am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My checker tolled me sew.
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