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MaryStoaks 04-25-2013 08:08 AM

Thanks Ditter.:thumbup:

Momo 04-25-2013 09:03 AM

Had my chuckle for the day. Now I should go to work.

quiltstringz 04-25-2013 10:15 AM

Thanks for sharing - can always count on you for a good laugh

caspharm 04-25-2013 10:43 AM

Those are funny, but so true. I think most of the "editors" are using spellcheck and not checking grammar. They also seem to miss checking the word, even if spellcheck doesn't say the spelling is wrong. I was reading a book the other day and the character had "died" the fabric, rather than "dyed" it.

Sometimes it's really bad reading the running "headlines" on some of the news channels like CNN or Fox and I think they use a computer for closed captioning, so it's very interesting to read.

Greenheron 04-25-2013 11:00 AM

Poor spellcheck will never understand homonyms and idioms nor can it correct mixed metaphors. :o

ptquilts 04-25-2013 01:03 PM

I had to laugh when I read the news story online about the guy who stole 102 bottles of nail polish from a CVS and he was caught red-handed.... my mind just works weird like that.

ktmo815 04-25-2013 04:27 PM

Thank you!!! I needed that

Ginaky 04-25-2013 05:00 PM

I have laughed till I have tears running down my face! Funny as this is, I see mistakes like this all the time--it's sad! But this has made my day!

M.Elizabeth 04-25-2013 05:06 PM

"Do they even teach English in schools anymore? At least it was called English when I went to school; who knows what it might be called now!!!"
I agree with the comments. I am a retired 8th grade Language Arts teacher. When I first started teaching in 1968, spelling, punctuation, verb agreement, usage, etc. were highly emphasized. By the time I retired in 1999, none of that seemed important any more. We had to teach to the tests so students could pass, but what had they learned that would help them in the real world? Very little.
Recently, the office manager in my doctor's office and whom I taught in the early 1970s thanked me for the effort I put into teaching her correct grammar. She said as an 8th grader that she considered it boring, but she is now thankful for what I taught her. That certainly made my day!

richardswife 04-26-2013 06:42 AM

Thanks for making my day a happy one. This was great.


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