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ArfinGreebly · Jul 15, 2007

Word Processor

I have been known, when a browser lacks spell check, to keep a word processor open in another window.

When I want to write a post, I first write what I want to say in the word processor and use ITS spell/grammar check facility, then cut/paste into the browser text box for my post.

Y'all's mileage may very. (*snerk*)

ArfinGreebly · Jul 15, 2007

Alot??

The only time I use "alot" in a post is when I'm responding to something meef is posting.

RobTzu · Jul 15, 2007

Loose and lose.
You lose things.
Things are loose.
Lose is a verb, loose is an adjective (usually)

Jim Watson · Jul 15, 2007

actually i can handle spelling and grammatical errors a lot easier than i can get through a post with no capitalization and little or no punctuation. it just doesnt look like intelligible english to me. especially if it is a lot longer than this one with a lot of kewl anecdotes and rambling scrambling accounts of some gun flaw with homemade terminology like the guy who doesnt know the difference between mainspring and recoil spring. how about you

tank mechanic · Jul 15, 2007

The only spelling error that seems to pop up every single time I long on, is the word ridiculous. There is not an E in ridiculous.

meef · Jul 15, 2007

Eh? What?

Did someone say my name?

:scrutiny:

meef · Jul 15, 2007

The only spelling error that seems to pop up every single time I long on, is the word ridiculous. The is not an E in ridiculous.

This is the wrong thread in which to fail to proofread your post.

230RN · Jul 15, 2007

"Ghoughpteighbteau?"

Actually, the only reason I posted that was because of a very recent "exchange" regarding a grammar error someone made. Seek and ye shall find.

I am not a nut on grammar and spelling myself, and I pointed that out in the opening paragraphs of my OP.

I make a lot of finger-stroke errors, though. "comapny" for "company," "becasue" for "because," "antoher" for "another," and the like. And I do consistently miss the space in "a lot."

I've noticed that sometimes the keyboard is not fast enough for some of my typing, though. Some combinations of adjacent letters almost never come out right the first time. (Keyboard coding and a slow encoding chip are at fault here --the encoding for some blocks of letters, like t,g,b,y,h, and n are similar.)

About the only thing that bugs me is not using capitol --no, make that "capital" --letters in a post. Those caps contain important information to the reader's eyeballs, and I agree with one of the above posters that cap-lack makes the material almost unreadable.

Well, its been fun. No, wait a minute. "It has
been fun," so the contraction would be "it's been fun."

Just for fun, know what "ghoti" spells? How about "ghoughpteighbteau?"

SEE:

http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxwhat04.html

For relevance: GUN

XLMiguel · Jul 15, 2007

I figure most folks do the best they can, the objective is to communicate. Most do OK. OTOH, there are a certain number of those who post who are simply lazy - those who make no effort to punctuate, use paragraphs, or otherwise structure and organize their thoughts. A pox on them.

I figure it's not that I'm illiterate, uneducated, ignorant or stupid. I am, however, a lousy typist. And beer doesn't help, onacounta, by the time I can sit down and 'surf' here, I mighta had a brew or two, and it's 'relax' time, end of the day, and all that. I still try to proof my posts, sometimes I do better than others -

Yeah, context counts

tank mechanic · Jul 15, 2007

D'oh!:banghead:

Im283 · Jul 15, 2007

As long as the person posting gets their point across I could care less about spelling or grammar. Just because a person is not proficient in writing, spelling or typing does not mean they do not have valid points to share.

The only thing irritating me lately is the way over used use of the newest kewl buzzword, UBER. I heard it in some dumb sub-sandwich commercial and now almost every thread has someone dropping the UBER-bomb.

And besides all this crud, what does any of it have to do with guns?

sm · Jul 15, 2007

I'd rather have a person share on this forum that never made it past the 8th grade, that knows how to survive on the streets, that can pass forward valuable shooting experiences.
Instead of some folks that are able to reply perfectly that have no idea what goes on in the real world, owns guns, but never shoots, and the only information they share is what they picked up, are parroting, and they themselves are trying to be matriculated into the firearm community.

What do I know?
I'd rather have someone watch my six with a well worn Model 10 than someone with a Kewl Safe Queen blaster any day of the week as well.

Alagator · Jul 16, 2007

Muzzle Brake

It's a muzzle brake. I once had a muzzle bulge, thank heavens it didn't break.

Had to get it shortened and recrowned.

DWARREN123 · Jul 16, 2007

Some good, hard working people did not have the best education so I don't care. What gets me is people trying to be cool.

ConfuseUs · Jul 16, 2007

English is the only language in which contests are held to see who is best at writing its words down properly. So if you are so uber-tacticool that you can post without spell check you are the very definition of a keyboard commando.

Oh yeah, and homonyms should inspire homophobia in far more people on the Internet than they do.

One final thought: Uber is so Uber-used because it is German for "over". It is used in the German word for "superman": Ubermensch!
So all those AR-15 fanatics out there should know that they are the proud owners of der Ubergewehr!

Justin · Jul 16, 2007

Yeah, it's old. Yeah, you've seen it a million times. Yeah, you're still abusing the apostrophe.

imprezagm4 · Jul 16, 2007

The most difficult word by far to spell is....

definentely
definently
defenintely
defenently
defenentely
definitly

The correct spelling is definitely, I get it wrong every single time, and will continue to.

meef · Jul 16, 2007

The most difficult word by far to spell is....

definentely
definently
defenintely
defenently
defenentely
definitly

The correct spelling is definitely, I get it wrong every single time, and will continue to.

You left out the most popular version of all:

definately

TallPine · Jul 16, 2007

You think English (Beurla) is hard - you should try to learn Gàidhlig

The nouns all have "gender" but there is no indication from the spelling what it is - unlike Spanish (la casa, el perro, etc). And it makes a difference in the definite article, not that I could even explain it.

Axman · Jul 16, 2007

SaMx said:
"I before E except after C, or when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh."

There are some instances in names also.

avmech · Jul 16, 2007

to, two, too
their, there, they're

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