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The Romans Tried Aquaducts
FarmI wrote:
"Trish Brown" wrote in message Sorry... I'm a retired school teacher and spelling is a hotspot for me. Gives me the nervous hives when I see an error. They don't let you type in red ink on the Internet, sadly. ;-D I'm not a retired teacher but I too get the collywobbles at some of the more blatant abuses we see. "To" for "too" drives me crackers and sometimes one even sees "two" for one of the others. The American habit of writing/saying "tell someone who could care less" simply astounds me. What about 'I'm going out. Do you want to come with?' Additionally, what about 'prolly' for 'probably' and 'congradulations' for 'congratulations' and 'walla' for 'voilą'? My absolute favourite (NOT) is when people add an apostrophe *every* time a plural is required. Hence, we get piano's, dog's, mice' and womens's!!! Oh, and 1990's instead of 1990s. I can feel my soapbox rising up beneath me... This is why spelling, grammar and punctuation matter. If done correctly, there can be no ambiguity or misunderstanding of what one is trying to say. Look at the poster from earlier in the week (forget his name - the bloke who was using a lot of phone-text forms - you know the one?) His writing was barely understandable. Of course, *he* knew perfectly well what he was trying to say, but few others did: we could only give educated guesses at his exact meaning. I think it's *grand* that grammar and punctuation are slowly being reintroduced in schools! Both my parents left school at age fifteen, yet both were excellent spellers and writers. Today's kids are every bit as smart as that older generation and they *can* learn to spell well. I think it's interesting to note that Latin names for plants are easily understood by most of us and leave no doubt as to a plant's identity when various common names might be in use... -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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