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To: Helen

If I had a nickel for every time I corrected someone for using the wrong form of your and you’re, or there, their and they’re, or can not for cannot, I’d have 0.00. If I had a nickel for every time I saw the words written incorrectly, I be a millionaire.

There is no point; it just seems petty.


59 posted on 08/10/2020 6:07:31 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: EnquiringMind

Here’s another reason to cut some slack: some of us have peeper problems, and while we know which form to use, we might not be able to easily see when autocorrect screws us over. 8-)


62 posted on 08/10/2020 6:15:46 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: EnquiringMind

If you grade papers, it is worth spilling the red ink. Not so much on FR. We is edducated here.


160 posted on 08/10/2020 1:29:42 PM PDT by Hieronymus (“I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.Â)
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