Can you believe how MOST spellings of “that word” are WRONG on the ‘net?
Ask them if they know this word: “finate”.
There is no such. But there is “finite”, and it is the root of the word they screw up.
I have finite patience for this or other errors. That includes those who hold to new-fangled standards about punctuation INSIDE quotes when it has nothing to do with it. It makes no sense.
Ask them if they no this phrase “non sequitur”.
thefactor, I don’t blame you for no longer emailing with someone who spells it with an ‘a’. I have to correct everyone who spells it with an ‘a’ and it happens ALL the time.
Whenever I ask people what the word ‘finate’ means they always automatically correct the spelling of definitely after a few seconds and I sort of laugh to myself. I try as much as possible to use correct grammar, though I slip up every once in a while and let me apologize if I make any errors here (I’m on a hotel computer and the keyboard is less than cooperative).
And i totally agree about the puncuation inside quotes; it doesn’t make much sense to me either.