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How in the hell did you spell that?

 
 
Mame
 
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Reply Sun 10 Dec, 2006 09:44 pm
Well, I had the interesting argument with an "editor" about whether there were two periods after the abbreviation "Inc." at the end of a paragraph., ie. In September, the Company joined forces with Standard Electric Inc. He insisted there was one period for "Inc" and one for the paragraph Smile

I also tried to convince him that "it's" was not possessive and that scientists don't "enthuse"... alas, to no avail.
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Sun 10 Dec, 2006 09:50 pm
clearly a peabrain...
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roger
 
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Reply Sun 10 Dec, 2006 09:57 pm
Poor Mame. These things usually come about around 4:00 p.m..
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Dutchy
 
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Reply Mon 11 Dec, 2006 06:45 am
Talking about spelling errors....
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/8296/leukdl1.jpg
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dadpad
 
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Reply Mon 11 Dec, 2006 06:51 am
Mame wrote:
Well, I had the interesting argument with an "editor" about whether there were two periods after the abbreviation "Inc." at the end of a paragraph., ie. In September, the Company joined forces with Standard Electric Inc. He insisted there was one period for "Inc" and one for the paragraph Smile

I also tried to convince him that "it's" was not possessive and that scientists don't "enthuse"... alas, to no avail.


Male boss obviously. Any woman will tell you one period is enough.
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Mame
 
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Reply Mon 11 Dec, 2006 11:56 am
More than enough!
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Bella Dea
 
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Reply Mon 11 Dec, 2006 11:59 am
Excuse me but I spell it the way I say it.

(reminescient of a poster gone bye)
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dlowan
 
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Reply Tue 12 Dec, 2006 04:48 am
gustavratzenhofer wrote:
I see we have a smart ass in the crowd.




He doesn't HAVE an arse.
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shewolfnm
 
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Reply Tue 12 Dec, 2006 05:59 am
Thier must be a way to correct the word thier for me.

I have such an issue their with that word that I dont know what to do.

Thier are many posts where I spell there with an I before the E except after C..

or is it the other way around.. ?
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Lord Ellpus
 
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Reply Tue 12 Dec, 2006 06:05 am
I before E except after C.......

......and then Osso came along and told me I was spelling wierd wrongly.

I've spent all my life spelling it wierd, but now I've finally got into the habit of writing weird.


No comments, please.
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Tue 12 Dec, 2006 06:08 am
Yer Lordship- It took me oodles of decades to recognize the right way to spell weird. I think that I finally "got it" a few weeks ago! Laughing
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Mame
 
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Reply Tue 12 Dec, 2006 06:43 am
And then there's "feisty" and "eiderdown" and "eight" and "sleigh/t" and deign/reign, and neighbour... and many more, so that rule kinda goes out the window.
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jespah
 
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Reply Wed 13 Dec, 2006 04:42 am
Well, the full rule is

I before E
except after C
except when sounding like A
as in neighbor and weigh

That doesn't account for eiderdown, but it does outline more of the rule.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Wed 13 Dec, 2006 05:52 am
seize







heh heh.....



I adore English.



It's so damned ornery.
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Mame
 
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Reply Wed 13 Dec, 2006 08:44 am
and foreign - that's an 'en' sound Smile

caffeine, alzheimer, heifer, obeisance, inveigle Smile

leisure, protein... Laughing Laughing
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