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Remember Dr ATKINS!!!!!!!!!!!
revek wrote ...
"Supergoof" wrote ... Even more annoying is that it's starting to trickle through to this country as well (along with 'nucular' and 'mischeevious' and, dare I say it, 'aluminum' which I'm sure will cause some dissent) Heheh. All your bases are belong to us. P LOL the only thing worse than hackers is illiterate hackers! Rachel (New Zealand) |
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-- Bird ============================ Contact me at lindabird --- a t --- musician dot o r g "nimue" wrote in message ... Curious by nature wrote: Irregardless Irregardless is not a word. Regardless *is* a word. It means "without regard to." That is the word you want. Sorry -- it's a very common mistake, and it's just a pet peeve of mine. Dr Atkins has helped many people. Why should he not of should not HAVE, not of I saved this from a Usenet Newbie FAQ somewhere long ago. I'm a grammar/spelling freak, too, but I thought it was good advice for me to just "get off (of) my high horse" and not do the English teacher thing. :0) "Don't send a reply just to point out spelling or grammar mistakes. That's pretty poor behavior. Since we aren't in kindergarten anymore, and you probably aren't too stupid to guess what the author meant, you can certainly overlook these errors." -- Bird ============================ Contact me at lindabird --- a t --- musician dot o r g |
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Lindabird wrote:
-- Bird ============================ Contact me at lindabird --- a t --- musician dot o r g "nimue" wrote in message ... Curious by nature wrote: Irregardless Irregardless is not a word. Regardless *is* a word. It means "without regard to." That is the word you want. Sorry -- it's a very common mistake, and it's just a pet peeve of mine. Dr Atkins has helped many people. Why should he not of should not HAVE, not of I saved this from a Usenet Newbie FAQ somewhere long ago. I'm a grammar/spelling freak, too, but I thought it was good advice for me to just "get off (of) my high horse" and not do the English teacher thing. :0) "Don't send a reply just to point out spelling or grammar mistakes. That's pretty poor behavior. Since we aren't in kindergarten anymore, and you probably aren't too stupid to guess what the author meant, you can certainly overlook these errors." I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was raised by an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to correct people's grammar. You may not believe me, but it seems almost sinful to me not to correct certain mistakes. As I said, I usually just ignore the errors -- EXCEPT for my pet peeves. "Irregardless" is a pet peeve of mine. I spent ALL WEEKcorrecting the "should OFs" and "could OFs" in my freshman classes' papers, so that "of" is a pet peeve as well. (Don't even get me started on subject pronouns v. object pronouns or apostrophes!) Anyway, I don't see anything wrong with politely correcting "irregardless." I think it is rude to continue to allow someone to make such a mistake over and over -- and that is what would happen if we didn't help that person with a little constructive correction. If we don't receive instruction, we don't learn. I appreciate polite correction -- knowledge is power, after all. -- nimue "Because the thing about the Nerds, what made them so appealing, was that not only are they underdogs, they are underdogs who accept other underdogs unconditionally. And that speaks volumes to people." Curtis Armstrong "I don't understand why you don't want to see more of Spike. More Spike makes everything better. Spike, Spike, Spike, wonderful Spike." Clairel "There are things I will not tolerate: students loitering on campus after school, horrible murders with hearts being removed... and also smoking." Principal Snyder |
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OT: grammar, etc.
"nimue" wrote in message
... Lindabird wrote: I saved this from a Usenet Newbie FAQ somewhere long ago. I'm a grammar/spelling freak, too, but I thought it was good advice for me to just "get off (of) my high horse" and not do the English teacher thing. :0) "Don't send a reply just to point out spelling or grammar mistakes. That's pretty poor behavior. Since we aren't in kindergarten anymore, and you probably aren't too stupid to guess what the author meant, you can certainly overlook these errors." I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was raised by an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to correct people's grammar... I also appreciate a polite correction - always! I think we're probably in the minority, though. Useless piece of trivia: I was really torn between English ed. and music ed. as my college major - I went with music, which is really my first love, but I think I would have been happy teaching English. It's an everyday occurrence in my rehearsals to correct my students' grammar mistakes. I jokingly threaten them with detention if I hear "I ain't got no" or "I didn't do nothin'" one more time. Heh. Bird, who thinks spelling/usage should be a stand-alone compulsory class, 6-12 |
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nimue wrote:
I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was raised by an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to correct people's grammar. You may not believe me, but it seems almost sinful to me not to correct certain mistakes. As I said, I usually just ignore the errors -- EXCEPT for my pet peeves. "Irregardless" is a pet peeve of mine. I spent ALL WEEKcorrecting the "should OFs" and "could OFs" in my freshman classes' papers, My written pet peeves are "alot" and "different than." My spoken pet peeve is "ex settra". The other day it took some effort to refrain from correcting a poster who found a tablet that "curved" her appetite. -- jamie ) "There's a seeker born every minute." |
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grammar, etc.
Lindabird wrote:
"nimue" wrote in message ... Lindabird wrote: I saved this from a Usenet Newbie FAQ somewhere long ago. I'm a grammar/spelling freak, too, but I thought it was good advice for me to just "get off (of) my high horse" and not do the English teacher thing. :0) "Don't send a reply just to point out spelling or grammar mistakes. That's pretty poor behavior. Since we aren't in kindergarten anymore, and you probably aren't too stupid to guess what the author meant, you can certainly overlook these errors." I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was raised by an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to correct people's grammar... I also appreciate a polite correction - always! I think we're probably in the minority, though. Useless piece of trivia: I was really torn between English ed. and music ed. as my college major - I went with music, which is really my first love, but I think I would have been happy teaching English. It's an everyday occurrence in my rehearsals to correct my students' grammar mistakes. I jokingly threaten them with detention if I hear "I ain't got no" or "I didn't do nothin'" one more time. Heh. Bird, who thinks spelling/usage should be a stand-alone compulsory class, 6-12 I agree! My students are not allowed to use bad grammar in class -- ever. They need to get used to using correct grammar when they speak. Yes, I can understand what they are saying when they don't -- but what if they speak that way during a college interview? I believe (hope and pray) that if they know they have to speak correctly in English class at least, they can somehow channel that experience during the important interview moments of their lives. Actually, I wish they would fall in love with grammar, and always speak beautifully! -- nimue "Because the thing about the Nerds, what made them so appealing, was that not only are they underdogs, they are underdogs who accept other underdogs unconditionally. And that speaks volumes to people." Curtis Armstrong "I don't understand why you don't want to see more of Spike. More Spike makes everything better. Spike, Spike, Spike, wonderful Spike." Clairel "There are things I will not tolerate: students loitering on campus after school, horrible murders with hearts being removed... and also smoking." Principal Snyder |
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Steve wrote:
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:10:30 -0400, nimue wrote (in message ): Lindabird wrote: -- Bird ============================ Contact me at lindabird --- a t --- musician dot o r g "nimue" wrote in message ... Curious by nature wrote: Irregardless Irregardless is not a word. Regardless *is* a word. It means "without regard to." That is the word you want. Sorry -- it's a very common mistake, and it's just a pet peeve of mine. Dr Atkins has helped many people. Why should he not of should not HAVE, not of I saved this from a Usenet Newbie FAQ somewhere long ago. I'm a grammar/spelling freak, too, but I thought it was good advice for me to just "get off (of) my high horse" and not do the English teacher thing. :0) "Don't send a reply just to point out spelling or grammar mistakes. That's pretty poor behavior. Since we aren't in kindergarten anymore, and you probably aren't too stupid to guess what the author meant, you can certainly overlook these errors." I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was raised by an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to correct people's grammar. You may not believe me, but it seems almost sinful to me not to correct certain mistakes. As I said, I usually just ignore the errors -- EXCEPT for my pet peeves. "Irregardless" is a pet peeve of mine. I spent ALL WEEKcorrecting the "should OFs" and "could OFs" in my freshman classes' papers, so that "of" is a pet peeve as well. (Don't even get me started on subject pronouns v. object pronouns or apostrophes!) Anyway, I don't see anything wrong with politely correcting "irregardless." I think it is rude to continue to allow someone to make such a mistake over and over -- and that is what would happen if we didn't help that person with a little constructive correction. If we don't receive instruction, we don't learn. I appreciate polite correction -- knowledge is power, after all. You are the kind of person up with whom I cannot put :-) http://www.languagelog.org/ |
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jamie wrote:
nimue wrote: I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was raised by an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to correct people's grammar. You may not believe me, but it seems almost sinful to me not to correct certain mistakes. As I said, I usually just ignore the errors -- EXCEPT for my pet peeves. "Irregardless" is a pet peeve of mine. I spent ALL WEEKcorrecting the "should OFs" and "could OFs" in my freshman classes' papers, My written pet peeves are "alot" and "different than." My spoken pet peeve is "ex settra". The other day it took some effort to refrain from correcting a poster who found a tablet that "curved" her appetite. Could "curved" have been a typo? The "v" and the "b" are right next to one another on the keyboard. BTW -- "alot" drives me crazy, too. I always say "A lot is two words!" However, then I started wondering if I should say "A lot" ARE two words!'' I still haven't figured that one out! ;-) -- nimue "Because the thing about the Nerds, what made them so appealing, was that not only are they underdogs, they are underdogs who accept other underdogs unconditionally. And that speaks volumes to people." Curtis Armstrong "I don't understand why you don't want to see more of Spike. More Spike makes everything better. Spike, Spike, Spike, wonderful Spike." Clairel "There are things I will not tolerate: students loitering on campus after school, horrible murders with hearts being removed... and also smoking." Principal Snyder |
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Steve wrote:
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:10:30 -0400, nimue wrote (in message ): Lindabird wrote: -- Bird ============================ Contact me at lindabird --- a t --- musician dot o r g "nimue" wrote in message ... Curious by nature wrote: Irregardless Irregardless is not a word. Regardless *is* a word. It means "without regard to." That is the word you want. Sorry -- it's a very common mistake, and it's just a pet peeve of mine. Dr Atkins has helped many people. Why should he not of should not HAVE, not of I saved this from a Usenet Newbie FAQ somewhere long ago. I'm a grammar/spelling freak, too, but I thought it was good advice for me to just "get off (of) my high horse" and not do the English teacher thing. :0) "Don't send a reply just to point out spelling or grammar mistakes. That's pretty poor behavior. Since we aren't in kindergarten anymore, and you probably aren't too stupid to guess what the author meant, you can certainly overlook these errors." I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was raised by an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to correct people's grammar. You may not believe me, but it seems almost sinful to me not to correct certain mistakes. As I said, I usually just ignore the errors -- EXCEPT for my pet peeves. "Irregardless" is a pet peeve of mine. I spent ALL WEEKcorrecting the "should OFs" and "could OFs" in my freshman classes' papers, so that "of" is a pet peeve as well. (Don't even get me started on subject pronouns v. object pronouns or apostrophes!) Anyway, I don't see anything wrong with politely correcting "irregardless." I think it is rude to continue to allow someone to make such a mistake over and over -- and that is what would happen if we didn't help that person with a little constructive correction. If we don't receive instruction, we don't learn. I appreciate polite correction -- knowledge is power, after all. You are the kind of person up with whom I cannot put :-) Good one. Did you know there actually is nothing wrong with ending a sentence with a preposition? If I had a social life, I might not know that, but fortunately I don't -- therefore, I can spend my free time reading Strunk and White or Woe is I. Steve -- nimue "Because the thing about the Nerds, what made them so appealing, was that not only are they underdogs, they are underdogs who accept other underdogs unconditionally. And that speaks volumes to people." Curtis Armstrong "I don't understand why you don't want to see more of Spike. More Spike makes everything better. Spike, Spike, Spike, wonderful Spike." Clairel "There are things I will not tolerate: students loitering on campus after school, horrible murders with hearts being removed... and also smoking." Principal Snyder |
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Steve wrote:
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:04:21 -0400, nimue wrote (in message ): Steve wrote: On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:10:30 -0400, nimue wrote (in message ): Lindabird wrote: -- Bird ============================ Contact me at lindabird --- a t --- musician dot o r g "nimue" wrote in message ... Curious by nature wrote: Irregardless Irregardless is not a word. Regardless *is* a word. It means "without regard to." That is the word you want. Sorry -- it's a very common mistake, and it's just a pet peeve of mine. Dr Atkins has helped many people. Why should he not of should not HAVE, not of I saved this from a Usenet Newbie FAQ somewhere long ago. I'm a grammar/spelling freak, too, but I thought it was good advice for me to just "get off (of) my high horse" and not do the English teacher thing. :0) "Don't send a reply just to point out spelling or grammar mistakes. That's pretty poor behavior. Since we aren't in kindergarten anymore, and you probably aren't too stupid to guess what the author meant, you can certainly overlook these errors." I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was raised by an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to correct people's grammar. You may not believe me, but it seems almost sinful to me not to correct certain mistakes. As I said, I usually just ignore the errors -- EXCEPT for my pet peeves. "Irregardless" is a pet peeve of mine. I spent ALL WEEKcorrecting the "should OFs" and "could OFs" in my freshman classes' papers, so that "of" is a pet peeve as well. (Don't even get me started on subject pronouns v. object pronouns or apostrophes!) Anyway, I don't see anything wrong with politely correcting "irregardless." I think it is rude to continue to allow someone to make such a mistake over and over -- and that is what would happen if we didn't help that person with a little constructive correction. If we don't receive instruction, we don't learn. I appreciate polite correction -- knowledge is power, after all. You are the kind of person up with whom I cannot put :-) Good one. Did you know there actually is nothing wrong with ending a sentence with a preposition? If I had a social life, I might not know that, but fortunately I don't -- therefore, I can spend my free time reading Strunk and White or Woe is I. I read Fowler. Strunk and White is entirely too tolerant and liberal. Steve Strunk and White liberal? Surely you jest. -- nimue "Because the thing about the Nerds, what made them so appealing, was that not only are they underdogs, they are underdogs who accept other underdogs unconditionally. And that speaks volumes to people." Curtis Armstrong "I don't understand why you don't want to see more of Spike. More Spike makes everything better. Spike, Spike, Spike, wonderful Spike." Clairel "There are things I will not tolerate: students loitering on campus after school, horrible murders with hearts being removed... and also smoking." Principal Snyder |
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