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I wonder I sometimes a misspelling based on a spoken word is because it is closer to what the person writing it thinks is the meaning of the word.
This is a CD example from yesterday : hyperbold.
I wonder I sometimes a misspelling based on a spoken word is because it is closer to what the person writing it thinks is the meaning of the word.
This is a CD example from yesterday : hyperbold.
Actually, they do, unfortunately.
I will give you the quick version of this incident that I recounted many pages back, in this thread:
At my last job, a couple of the younger workers asked me to point out any errors that I found in their written reports. Citing all of their errors would have been an additional full-time job for me, so I essentially restricted myself to trying to eliminate the most frequent gaffes.
When I pointed out to one young lady that there is no such word as, "alot", I told her to remember that because we don't write, "a little", as one word, so there was no reason why we would write, "a lot", as one word. She thanked me, as usual, for my help.
A couple of weeks later, as I was reviewing her latest report, she burst into my office, and asked, "Did you notice that I remembered what you taught me recently?". I asked her for clarification, and she proudly pointed to, "alittle".
I simply smiled, went back to my work, and immediately resolved to end my attempts at education in that office.
Actually, they do, unfortunately.
I will give you the quick version of this incident that I recounted many pages back, in this thread:
At my last job, a couple of the younger workers asked me to point out any errors that I found in their written reports. Citing all of their errors would have been an additional full-time job for me, so I essentially restricted myself to trying to eliminate the most frequent gaffes.
When I pointed out to one young lady that there is no such word as, "alot", I told her to remember that because we don't write, "a little", as one word, so there was no reason why we would write, "a lot", as one word. She thanked me, as usual, for my help.
A couple of weeks later, as I was reviewing her latest report, she burst into my office, and asked, "Did you notice that I remembered what you taught me recently?". I asked her for clarification, and she proudly pointed to, "alittle".
I simply smiled, went back to my work, and immediately resolved to end my attempts at education in that office.
Seriously, that one drives me nuts. Don't people read anymore?
I guess I answered my own question.
And what kills me, the best I did was a B in English, but we ALL knew how to spell. Naught sew much now.
B-ummer
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