Mine, too. I am a magazine editor and it goes with the job.
People just hate you, don’t they?
Andre
If I had not been on the site for a while I would think this posting was about me!
Kuda Cen
Hey Ken, nice to see you back. [#welcome]
What about the folk that don’t know the difference between “Then” and “Than”?
Then: implies time sequence; I will do this, then I will do that.
Than: comparative; I would rather do this than do that.
I have seen many posts where the author has used both words and used them in the wrong way throughout the missive.
These things really used to bug me, but than I noticed that I do it, too, rather then not.
Okay that was a silly sentence but it was the best I could think of to get both words in and use them in the wrong way.
I thought Provolonest was when the cheese was the only thing left in the fridge. [:-^]
FT
I’m actually overwhelmed trying to understand 90% of what you guys are talking about, so I’m glad to have had an opening here. In general though, I understand that the nature of fast forum typing doesn’t lend itself to the best spelling and punctuation.
At least this one time I didn’t say, "You mispelled “ridiculous.” I always misspell “misspelled.” [(-D]
Actually, that would make it Provolonely
Didn’t Roy Orbison do a song titled something like “Only The Provolonely”?
Andre
OK so here’s a good recipe for cheese toast…no wait i mean this is how you spell…no wait where am i again?[:P] i am so confused!.
And the comparative than is not used after the adjective "different". What is used with “different” is "from". [:D]
Believe it or not, the Dictionary of Canadian English says that “orientate” is acceptable usage.
[xx(]
Canadian English???[:D]
I tend to work under the rule that for anyone to correct my spelling/grammer/typing they understand what I’m trying to say…mission accomplished. If they don’t understand but want to, they’ll ask. If they don’t care, neither do I.
Yes, it is one of those pathetic “holier than thou” exercises that someone dreamed up in an attempt to justify how Canadians use the Queen’s English and to keep it distinct from how you folks use it…I suppose. I wonder how many Americans use “orientate”…probably the same number on a per-capita basis as we Canucks. So, doesn’t that beg the question? [%-)]
Besides, we wanted to claim “toque” and “puck” and some other terms. Did you know that the CBC did a country-wide survey back in the late winter of 06/07 to find our national “treasure”, and it was…wait for it…the canoe. How much do you want to bet that the next edition of “the Dictionary of Canadian English” finds the etymology of “canoe” to be from one of the tribes on our side of the 49th? It’ll happen.
Wands at the ready…Ridikulus topped by laughter finishes a Bogart-Professor Lupin.
Believe it or not, Crandell, “orientate” was the answer to a crossword clue that I was working on earlier last night:
Houston Chronicle crossword (12/22/2007)
See 35 down…
Tom
There ya go… [:D]
This thread reminds me of what the Sante Fe said to Burlington one day — u’ins and us’ins is go’in to be we’ins. [(-D][(-D][:o)]
SILL step, the ladder rung on the corners of the cars.
SEAL step, what aquatic mammals do when the dance.
MOOT point, a topic or position that has been rendered ineffectual.
MUTE point, a point at which you can’t speak.
Dave H.
This thread is going to quickly grow heads like the dreaded Hydra, but I’ll keep going if you will…
“Presently” does not mean currently, as in “He presently drives a Ford.” Presently means, " Imminent, or just about to happen…impending." So, if it hasn’t happened yet, it can’t be current…can it? [:-,]