Re: Can't read it wrong
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 4:34 pm
First time I ever heard of a crosne.
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Sadly, they've now corrected the spelling.kkrell wrote:Good old BBC:
"Sir David Attenborough polar ship: Here's an inside peak"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-e ... nside-peak
Built to carry mountains.
Huh. I didn't know they read C&F. Public shaming.benhall.1 wrote:Sadly, they've now corrected the spelling.kkrell wrote:Good old BBC:
"Sir David Attenborough polar ship: Here's an inside peak"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-e ... nside-peak
Built to carry mountains.
PB+J wrote:I’ve been grading college student papers, and editing PhD and MA chapters, and revising my own books and articles, for thirty years. It’s is a complete relief to be able to ignore typos, grammatical foul ups and apostrophe faults.
It’s heartening, sort of, that so many people care about correct usage.
The apostrophe belongs; it's is the "is" that doesn't. I do that it all the time.kkrell wrote:PB+J wrote:I’ve been grading college student papers, and editing PhD and MA chapters, and revising my own books and articles, for thirty years. It’s is a complete relief to be able to ignore typos, grammatical foul ups and apostrophe faults.
It’s heartening, sort of, that so many people care about correct usage.
Tunborough wrote:The apostrophe belongs; it's is the "is" that doesn't. I do that it all the time.kkrell wrote:PB+J wrote:I’ve been grading college student papers, and editing PhD and MA chapters, and revising my own books and articles, for thirty years. It’s is a complete relief to be able to ignore typos, grammatical foul ups and apostrophe faults.
It’s heartening, sort of, that so many people care about correct usage.
C&F: Come for the whistles, stay for the literacy.kkrell wrote:Huh. I didn't know they read C&F. Public shaming.benhall.1 wrote:Sadly, they've now corrected the spelling.kkrell wrote:Good old BBC:
"Sir David Attenborough polar ship: Here's an inside peak"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-e ... nside-peak
Built to carry mountains.
I don't know how you do it. Mind you, I don't go out of my way to look for them; they jump out at me. That said, I can ignore them after the fact, but it depends on the source. Here? Sure, usually. In the publishing industry? Not so much, my friend. Can I ignore my own? Never in a million years. But that's my affliction.PB+J wrote:It’s is a complete relief to be able to ignore typos, grammatical foul ups and apostrophe faults.
Suppose the crone was partially dead? Would that make a difference? And, surely, having her for lunch would be better than eating her for lunch.Nanohedron wrote:Having crones for lunch just doesn't sound right.
All the crones I’ve seen look like scrawny old women.They look like fat grubs.
Words fail.kkrell wrote:...he cut his girlfriend's brakes in order to make a crack pipe...
Brakes, too. What do they teach kids in school, anyway?Nanohedron wrote:Words fail.kkrell wrote:...he cut his girlfriend's brakes in order to make a crack pipe...