Is There A Shortage Of Spaces?

[Oldgringo]

Is it advise or is it advice? Yes it is! One is a verb and one is a noun. Guess which is which.

BTW, use "an" before words beginning with vowels and "a" before words beginning with consonants - except in certain circumstances such as words beginning with "h" OR does 2+2 no longer equal 4?

Now comes the next question/s.... ?

[Bunkins]

I'm all for spell check. I just type things as I think them, I'm a grease monkey, writing is not something I do very often. If it wasn't for forum's I'd probably never write anything.. I take that back, I do write out invoices and such, but nothing that really "matters"..

The only things I dislike are typing in cap locks, I wont even read a post typed that way. Not using period's or starting each sentence with a capital letter. Paragraphs are nice too.. As far as how words are used, even used in the wrong context, I know what someone is trying to say. If I can easily read it, it's all good with me..

[Liberty]

I'm all for spell check. I just type things as I think them, I'm a grease monkey, writing is not something I do very often. If it wasn't for forum's I'd probably never write anything.. I take that back, I do write out invoices and such, but nothing that really "matters"..

The only things I dislike are typing in cap locks, I wont even read a post typed that way. Not using period's or starting each sentence with a capital letter. Paragraphs are nice too.. As far as how words are used, even used in the wrong context, I know what someone is trying to say. If I can easily read it, it's all good with me..

Hmmmm..... You're a pretty smart guy

[atxgun]

but the czary prat is I bet ylal can slitl raed tihs eevn thguoht all the ltertres are jblmued anourd in the wdros.

In digital audio, it's called Error Correction. I guess the human brain can do the same thing.

The imrpotnat tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltetres are crorrcet

[longhorn_92]

kthxbai, ttyl

Like, Duuuude!!!???

[Wildscar]

but the czary prat is I bet ylal can slitl raed tihs eevn thguoht all the ltertres are jblmued anourd in the wdros.

In digital audio, it's called Error Correction. I guess the human brain can do the same thing.

The imrpotnat tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltetres are crorrcet

Yaeh Waht he siad.

[Fosforos]

I loathe the use of quotation marks for emphasis. But they do give me a chuckle pretty often. It just makes everything they say sound ironic.

Local car dealer had a billboard touting:
The BEST "deals".

[DoubleJ]

what about using *these* to emphasize? cracks me up, so I use'em.

[WildBill]

what about using *these* to emphasize? cracks me up, so I use'em.

I think *these* are used in some computer applications because "these" don't get processed correctly.

[WildBill]

I loathe the use of quotation marks for emphasis. But they do give me a chuckle pretty often. It just makes everything they say sound ironic.

Local car dealer had a billboard touting:
The BEST "deals".

For car dealers, it should be "BEST" deals.

[magicglock]

The real problem is that words like irregardless are not proper but so frequently used that society has made them generally accepted. I thought I heard at one point recently that irregardless was officially accepted and placed in a new dictionary. Maybe I am wrong but if we as a society have found it easier to accept than teach proper english, that is a tragedy. I am not perfect in the area of grammar and spelling but leaps and bounds above what I see in new front line employees. Seems that the schools are more interested in how the child feels than what they are learning.

[Captain Matt]

[abbreviated profanity deleted]-shizzle

[Oldgringo]

The real problem is that words like irregardless are not proper but so frequently used that society has made them generally accepted. I thought I heard at one point recently that irregardless was officially accepted and placed in a new dictionary. Maybe I am wrong but if we as a society have found it easier to accept than teach proper english, that is a tragedy. I am not perfect in the area of grammar and spelling but leaps and bounds above what I see in new front line employees. Seems that the schools are more interested in how the child feels than what they are learning.

and that just ain't right.