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Grammar sticklers may have OCD
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| Sun, 24 Jun 2012
| By Dennis Baron
Posted on 07/28/2012 8:48:38 PM PDT by garjog
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Do you find people who correct grammar and spelling annoying?
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posted on
07/28/2012 8:48:42 PM PDT
by
garjog
To: garjog
Where the hell is Grandpa?
I just see some fruity looking young guy, and a woman.
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posted on
07/28/2012 8:54:32 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: garjog
On the other hand, it could be the literate losing patience with the illiterate, the lazy and the ignorant - which is as it should be.
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posted on
07/28/2012 8:55:17 PM PDT
by
relictele
To: garjog
Lettuce. Eat grandpa!
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posted on
07/28/2012 8:56:26 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
To: garjog
The thread’s title should hava a period at the end.
Perhaps the fruity looking guy is the Son, but then Mom looks way to young.
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posted on
07/28/2012 8:58:07 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: garjog
Yesterday's pearl from these very pages - third person singular in a thread title: "Say's" !
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posted on
07/28/2012 8:59:07 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
To: Revolting cat!
Is that you McLettuce?
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posted on
07/28/2012 9:00:28 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: garjog
What is the name of the illness suffered by people who invent acronyms?
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posted on
07/28/2012 9:03:31 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
To: garjog
To: garjog
” The discovery of this gene,alongside new evidence from fMRI scans of brains exposed to real-time grammatical errors,has led some scientists to predict that soon we may be able to find a cure for GPS,for many sufferers a debilitating,off-putting, sociopathic syndrome.”
Ohhh horseee puckee ...
To: All
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posted on
07/28/2012 9:09:39 PM PDT
by
onyx
(FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
To: garjog
Comas save lives, you say?
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posted on
07/28/2012 9:10:03 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
To: relictele
I agree.
I’m shocked that some people don’t know the difference between ‘their’,’there’ and ‘they’re’.
Or ‘your’ and ‘you’re’.
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posted on
07/28/2012 9:11:16 PM PDT
by
POWERSBOOTHEFAN
(It's hurricane season! Yay!)
To: garjog
Given that more and more people are unable to spell or speak properly anymore, I’d have to question the timing and real motive of the story.
I find basic errors of spelling and grammar in major newspapers on a regular basis. Do they even have copy editors anymore? If they do, do the copy editors take any pride in their work?
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posted on
07/28/2012 9:12:43 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: garjog
I routinely correct spelling errors on the fluoxetine prescriptions the doctor gives me. Also double and triple check the dosage.
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posted on
07/28/2012 9:13:09 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
To: garjog
Grammar sticklers may have OCD Really?
Grammar incompetents may have ADD.
So?
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posted on
07/28/2012 9:14:35 PM PDT
by
publius911
(Formerly Publius 6961, formerly jennsdad)
To: garjog
There’s a sociopath in the White House, and these researchers are worried about Grammar Pedantry?
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posted on
07/28/2012 9:14:42 PM PDT
by
oblomov
To: steve86
” I routinely correct spelling errors on the fluoxetine prescriptions the doctor gives me. Also double and triple check the dosage”
Lol...
To: garjog
Great! An excuse to make a mistook!
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posted on
07/28/2012 9:18:26 PM PDT
by
paudio
(OTP: Why do people want to rehire a mechanic who clearly only made their car worse than before?)
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