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To: Salvation

11. Spelling “all right” as “alright”. The latter is not a word. (However, “alright” is misused so often that it is starting to become one.)

12. Spelling “a lot” as “alot”.

13. Swapping “there” for “their”.

14. Swapping “its” for “it’s”.


58 posted on 01/19/2018 8:30:30 AM PST by Gideon7
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To: Gideon7

14. Spelling looser incorrectly as loser


61 posted on 01/19/2018 8:34:49 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Gideon7

That’s a whole nother story.


138 posted on 01/19/2018 10:37:54 AM PST by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: Gideon7

Don’t forget “your” for “you’re”.


168 posted on 01/19/2018 5:28:59 PM PST by boatbums (The Law is a storm which wrecks your hopes of self-salvation, but washes you upon the Rock of Ages.)
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To: Gideon7

“Alright” and “alot” are not becoming okay, but there are plenty of other things that are.

I am annotating a 1977 usage book for someone who wants to become a proofreader, and there are many, many updates needed. Scores of words and phrases that were proscribed in 1977 have become colloquial and acceptable.


170 posted on 01/19/2018 5:44:08 PM PST by firebrand
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