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To: paulcissa

Thanks. I’m not a grammar cop, but I see people misuse than/then all the time. Seems people fail to re-read what they write or they are confused? Either way it’s a peccadillo that I find annoying.


19 posted on 02/06/2022 5:32:51 AM PST by bigfootbob
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To: bigfootbob
Thanks. I’m not a grammar cop, but I see people misuse than/then all the time. Seems people fail to re-read what they write or they are confused? Either way it’s a peccadillo that I find annoying.

Collapsing standards. What did taxpayers get for their education dollars?

A slip of the finger can result in hitting the key next door to the one you intended (and missing the error before mashing 'send'), but choosing the wrong word is plain ignorance.

Always amusing to see such ignorance in a post lecturing someone else. Not the case here, but bonus points when it happens in a rant about our failed education system.

It is the writer's obligation to the reader to communicate clearly. Posting a riddle is disrespectful.

I wonder what the correlation is between grammar errors and posters not reading the article before posting.

23 posted on 02/06/2022 6:24:12 AM PST by FirstFlaBn
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