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Old 08-19-2008, 09:25 AM   #1
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The following snippet of text has been circulating on the net for a while: "... randomising letters in the middle of words [has] little or no effect on the ability of skilled readers to understand the text. This is easy to denmtrasote. In a pubiltacion of New Scnieitst you could ramdinose all the letetrs, keipeng the first two and last two the same, and reibadailty would hadrly be aftcfeed. My ansaylis did not come to much beucase the thoery at the time was for shape and senqeuce retigcionon. Saberi's work sugsegts we may have some pofrweul palrlael prsooscers at work. The resaon for this is suerly that idnetiyfing coentnt by paarllel prseocsing speeds up regnicoiton. We only need the first and last two letetrs to spot chganes in meniang."
Ecch, that's horrible. I had to slow down and read each and every word, one at a time, to figure out what that said. "Ramdinose," in particular, stumped me. The whole thing made me feel like my head was being squeezed. Now, I just used the word, "like," incorrectly. I see this a lot, I do it a lot. I believe it's become common usage. Nevertheless, when I see it, it grates. Mrs. Eckert, my first grade teacher, taught us that, "Although the commercial claims, 'Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should,' it should really be, 'Winston tastes good, as a cigarette should.'" 'Like' should not be used in place of 'as,' or 'as if.'

Here's another one I've seen, lately. "Peak the curiosity." Pique, as in what I shall be in a fit of if you keep using the wrong word.

Also, "queue line." It's a queue or it's a line, saying both tells me that you're getting in line to stand in line. Or on line if you're a Brit. And it's not cue line, that's what another actor says before it's my turn to speak onstage.

I do tend to start sentences with ands and ors. My particular bad grammar habit. That, and apparently no predicates. I always think that spelling, punctuation, and word choice, indicates what the writer thinks of his audience, and what he wants to convey about himself. On line with friends, I'm casual. In business, I'm informed and trustworthy. When you know the rules, you can have more fun playing with the language. Or, as I'm sure happens to me occasionally, come off as a prig. But a smart prig. In high school, I remember one instance where I was watching ants on the floor of shop class. Another student asked me what I was doing, I explained that ants communicated through pheromones and that's why they were touching antennae. He gave me such a look of disgust, and said, "Can't you just say 'talk' like everyone else?" I didn't bother to tell him that ants can't talk, but it does illustrate why I got beat up a lot. Now I choose my words for my audience.

One more thing, "lightening" is what you do to a cup of coffee by adding creamer. "Lightning" is what precedes thunder.

I think words are important.
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Old 08-19-2008, 02:05 PM   #2
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Ecch, that's horrible. I had to slow down and read each and every word, one at a time, to figure out what that said. "Ramdinose," in particular, stumped me. The whole thing made me feel like my head was being squeezed.
I didn't have an issue reading that paragraph, but I'm sure I have some dyslexia going on.

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Now, I just used the word, "like," incorrectly. I see this a lot, I do it a lot. I believe it's become common usage. Nevertheless, when I see it, it grates. Mrs. Eckert, my first grade teacher, taught us that, "Although the commercial claims, 'Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should,' it should really be, 'Winston tastes good, as a cigarette should.'" 'Like' should not be used in place of 'as,' or 'as if.'
The misuse of the word like probably came from the valley speak days. Like oh my god! Can you believe he's like...
Someone told me that that the use of "like" and "um" is a brain pause as your brain searches for the next word or phrase.
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Old 08-19-2008, 10:39 PM   #3
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Here's another one I've seen, lately. "Peak the curiosity." Pique, as in what I shall be in a fit of if you keep using the wrong word.
Thank you, this word has been alluding me for some time now - as the voice in my head dictates Pique my hands write Peak or Peek while my eyes know it to be wrong, none of the body parts could offer the correct solution. Look for this word in future posts.
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Old 08-19-2008, 11:05 PM   #4
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Look for this word in future posts.
You've certainly piqued my interest!
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Old 08-20-2008, 02:47 AM   #5
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Thank you, this word has been alluding me for some time now - as the voice in my head dictates Pique my hands write Peak or Peek while my eyes know it to be wrong, none of the body parts could offer the correct solution. Look for this word in future posts.
It will be among my peak accomplishments to have been of service to the eloquent and thoughtful Mr. €.
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Watching the Olympics I wonder what spelling and grammar issues the Chinese have
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Watching the Olympics I wonder what spelling and grammar issues the Chinese have
You mean like this?
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Spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors drive me crazy. I have learned to accept a certain level of error in the online world, but I can't say I like it. I don't know if the poster is in a hurry, lazy, uneducated, or just doesn't care, or what, but I can't love the errors.

In public material, errors are worse. Published books, signs, etc, really need to be correct. Once or twice it's been so egregious I've written to the publisher offering my services as proofreader as they so obviously need it and don't have it. I can't accept errors in published material. There they come off as stupid or lazy and there's no excuse.

Kevy, I'm with you in looking at a page and the errors JUMP out at me.
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