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From: "Jim & Debbie Leyden" <jndleyden@comcast.net>
> And while we are at it...
>
> It isn't your wrong it's you're wrong and you are!
>
> Is there some reason we must pick on other peoples spelling and grammar?
>
> As long as we get the point across WHO THE F**K CARES?
>
> Jim
> Just because I can use proper English doesn't give me the right to look down
> on others.
Yes.....while we are at it......
Since you brought it up.....
I wouldn't have gotten into this at all, though I am very picky about
grammar...
just ask my family.
Written and spoken language is one major thing that elevates us humans from the
"lower" animals....although sometimes their displayed intelligence makes us
look
pretty stupid.
Lots of folks here inadvertently misuse it...it's not a problem. I do notice
lots of misued pronouns/homonyms like their and there, and others (to, too, and
two) as well, to say nothing of the misuse of punctuation, like you did above.
My major complaint with society nowadays is that we are going backwards (since
about 1975, but more noticeable now)....in the big things, like the stopping of
technological advances, due to some groups not wanting to participate, like
terrorists...and in the small things, like "educated" folks in "modern"
countries forgetting, or perhaps not ever knowing (due to sitting in the very
back of the room in grammar school, writing love notes, and throwing spitwads
when they should have been paying attention to the teacher) how to properly use
the ability to communicate (language) they have been blessed with.
Those people are now in charge....of companies, of professional work groups (my
air traffic control facility!), and of governments (!!).
Twenty years ago, my daughter, then in high school, pointed out to me on a
regular basis, improper grammar usage and spelling errors in public advertising
displayed to everyone.....I got her interested in that when I mentioned that
Ford Motor Company had once had an ad campaign that plastered signs all over
light poles and buildings on dealership property that said "Your in Ford
Country!"
I mentioned that to "my" dealer at the time ('60s), and within 30 minutes, ALL
the signs were down. Someone, at least, was interested in correctness, even
though he had not seen the error until I pointed it out to him.
If you'e going to correct, at least BE correct...
George
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