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Why does every other person on the frickin' net spell "lose" as "loose"? It's making me growl ominously every time I see it.
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With the glaring omission of any commas, i think we have the perfect Man for her on here!!!
Step forward Dan and book your date!
They could go to an italian restaurant who could serve up comma-shaped spaghetti !!!
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The Brits would probably say we Yanks have been murdering it for centuries, including replacing the "s" in realise with a "z" (!).
Strangely enough, although I tend to ignore these things, I was surfing the net recently looking for international reaction on YouTube to the hideous murder of UK Labour politician Jo Cox by a crazed right-wing assassin. I was really appalled by the venomous hatred from both the evil Neo-fascists who affected to approve of said evil act, and by the cynical conspiracy theorists who exploited it for their own cynical fun, to bait the gullible.
I came across one loony who claimed that the chevrons on the ambulances in the news videos were secret signs from some New World Order (yes, that old chestnut) and that this was an evil conspiracy murder. He makes a habit of this sort of cynical nonsense, even trying the same chevron stunt on the news broadcast vids of the little boy killed recently in the Florida swamps. I decided to blast him on his own video thread, it did make me angry. I used the word 'civilised' and his response was that I was a 'dope' who 'didn't even know how to spell 'civilized'! Mind you that gave me wings. He didn't recover from the second blow, though he tried removing the first.
This guy was in the US and from his pic I'd say in his 50s/'60s. There are some unbelievable cretins out there carving their own little internet empires.
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Aug 4, 2016 - 7:03 AM
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MusicMad
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"Should of"
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That was one of my (many) English grammar, spelling, punctuation et al faults ... until my biology teacher put me right! Now I cringe when I see or hear it.
Another common error I hear too often is, e.g. the nearest of the two cars or, perhaps not so commonly, the bigger of the three houses. That said, a few days ago, I heard a BBC news reporter refer to the greater, when talking about reports of the government's triple lock mechanism re: pensions being up for review. So much for BBC reporters knowing proper English.
And, all too often: the use of apostrophes in pro-nouns, especially It's ... aarrgghh
And the wrong version of their - there - they're.
And yet English is so easy ... I should know: I'm English 
As for the lack of punctuation, especially in texting ... I do not approve but accept that I'm in a minority and very few care what I think! But when the lack of punctuation means the sense of the text ... or anything written ... is compromised then I know I'm right!
The boys bikes: one boy or more?
Eats shoots and leaves: are we talking about a panda ... or a gangster (Eats, shoots and leaves)... with gracious acknowledgement to Lynne Truss (see: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Lynne-Truss/dp/0007329067)
And yes, I do use too many exclamation marks (and smiley faces)!
Mitch
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The internet is changing so many things, so why not grammar. No commas, contractions without an apostrophe, no capitals (Mr. Bill C. stand up!). I'm sure a lot of it is people posting from their phones. There's probably a few faults here, my excuse is that I left school at 15. Mind you, read any newspaper with a critical eye (even the posh ones), & the punctuation isn't that great.
yeahletsjustdoawaywithpunctuationandcommasandwhileweareaboutitletsfuckoffspacesaswell!!wherewillitallend?
The bottom line is it's about communication - why make it hard for people to follow what youre saying?!!
If you want to be understood, keep it simple, clear, concise. It's not against the law.
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I find horrible things on Craigslist all the time, locally. I don't expect everybody to be English majors, but at least make an effort and capitalize proper nouns. It seems I ask way way, way too much.
There's a pre-school here looking for a three year old teacher. I think that may be a little young to be teaching other kids!
Then there a lady who posted an ad offering her services, in the wrong section. She posted in the Jobs section. There are two different places she could have posted that would have been correct (Services and Resumes) but she couldn't even get that part right. Then she went on to post how she was intelligent, yet her ad was riddled with errors, including one on her business card -- a quote in the banner decoration, which made no sense that I could discern.
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Most recently I've noticed so much mis-use of the word UNIQUE. Even the BBC are at it now. "Quite unique", "Really unique", "Absolutely unique", etc etc.
Stop it! Unique is unique and can only be - UNIQUE.
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