I KNOW.... nobody on this board needs this, but it couldn't hurt!!
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Us "oldies" appreciate the correct English. The younger kids, not so much. Unfortunately, testing isn't helping. I sent this article to my 50 yr. old son that is doing a resume.....He's pretty well informed, but like so many has fallen prey to "spelling check".....thanks for sharing this......
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My pet peeve is when newscasters say a word different than how it has been said for the last umpteenth years and if you look it up in the dictionary, they are saying it incorrect. Is this just to get your attention or what?
#16
All of those were great, and yes, used incorrectly quite often.
One of my pet peeves is people who say "irregardless".
And one in the area of pronunciation ... height spoken with a th at the end.
One of my pet peeves is people who say "irregardless".
And one in the area of pronunciation ... height spoken with a th at the end.
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My hypothesis is that they hear "I've seen" and didn't hear the "v". Irks me every time.
Really loved this post. But I think the sentence for the definition for illicit is incorrect. The sentence says to "illicit a response" I think a more correct way to say it would be to "elicit an illicit response". Elicit is to draw it out, and Illicit is something unlawful. Am I right?
#19
Thanks for the refresher course. I think that the way our young people write and talk is atrocious. To add insult to injury, so many people get mad when they are corrected. It is a habit for me to read communications with an eye to how things are being said. It must be the 15+ years spent in education - and I still make some of the mistakes in the article - I had an effect/affect moment this evening before I read this and I had to look it up - it's always the one rule that gets me - you would think I would remember it since I always have to look it up.
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