You l*ser!

Apr 04, 2012 22:53

Last night I had a dream about people misspelling 'lose' on the internet. (After seeing it that day anyway ( Read more... )

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honeylocusttree April 5 2012, 11:43:23 UTC
I swear it's getting worse. That and all the unnecessary apostrophes in plurals and just really ridiculous random places. Or should that be "place's"?

We need some sort of educational campaign for this.

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tifaching April 6 2012, 00:22:16 UTC
Me too. I swear it's the schools. My sister sends the corrected papers my niece and nephew bring home back to the school with the teacher's mistakes corrected. She's very popular. :D

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honeylocusttree April 6 2012, 01:34:48 UTC
Oh, ouch.

Speaking as a former teacher (abroad) I can say first hand that they're certainly far from infallible. For example, I didn't believe 'esthetician' was a word the first time I heard it. I kinda still don't, actually.

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tifaching April 6 2012, 11:39:11 UTC
Well, these were mostly grammar, spelling and mistaken apostrophe usage. All things you'd think teachers would have a better handle on. LOL, I thought I was bad being peeved with those things, but my sister chose one campground over another last summer because the loser's web page had misspelled words and misused apostrophes.

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