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ok, before i begin, i am not a grammar police nor do i play one on TV, but i do have a small grammatical pet peeve.

it is one that i see A LOT here on visorcentral -- the spelling of the word "definitely" as "definately".

i know this is being anal but i've seen it too many times to ignore it. i've actually seen it spelled incorrectly more times than correctly.

thanks for listening to me moan and groan -- it's been a slow wednesday.

ps - and before you rant on about people who use nothing but lower cases, i'm too lazy to press down that extra key, so bug off.



[Edited by Nhatman on 10-18-2000 at 03:23 PM]

a lot of time on my hands, too!

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Originally posted by Nhatman
...the spelling of the word "definitely" as "definately"...

...i've actually seen it spelled incorrectly more times than correctly...

...it's been a slow wednesday...

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God bless America, my home sweet home...

DEFINITELY guilty as charged...

I'm so used to acronyms that I'm suprised I can write English at all..

I'll work on it

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it is one that i see A LOT here on visorcentral -- the spelling of the word "definitely" as "definately".

i know this is being anal but i've seen it too many times to ignore it. i've actually seen it spelled incorrectly more times than correctly.

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I guess that was in response to my misspelling of the word in a news item today.

Next time just email me

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Then there's that name, Hromadka...

The folks at Ellis Island would correct the spelling if you came through.

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Originally posted by Gameboy70

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it is one that i see A LOT here on visorcentral -- the spelling of the word "definitely" as "definately".

i know this is being anal but i've seen it too many times to ignore it. i've actually seen it spelled incorrectly more times than correctly.

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Don't forget the on the internet, English isn't everyone's primary language.

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Originally posted by Fishscaler
Then there's that name, Hromadka...

The folks at Ellis Island would correct the spelling if you came through.

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Originally posted by JHromadka

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Originally posted by Fishscaler
Then there's that name, Hromadka...

The folks at Ellis Island would correct the spelling if you came through.

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Ha! Bonus points if you know how to pronounce Hromadka

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Frunz Vilbrink...

I was going to ask you how you knew about James's web-site but you are a moderator so of course you know all these things about him...

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Originally posted by kalahari
Frunz Vilbrink...

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Originally posted by kalahari
I was going to ask you how you knew about James's web-site but you are a moderator so of course you know all these things about him...

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Hide in plain site... =^J

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Originally posted by kalahari
I was going to ask you how you knew about James's web-site but you are a moderator so of course you know all these things about him...

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Yikes, James! You're a lot younger than I thought. I pegged you as being 40-something. After all, you're a senior editor.

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I pegged you as being 40-something.

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I think a spell check would be nice. If I could only use words that I was certain I was spelling right, I would be limited to a two sylabul..syllabul..syllable(?) vocabulary.
BobbyMike

MarkEagle, you wouldn't happen to be a Buy-Centennial-arian by any chance.

(Graddeated hi skewl in 1976, that is.)

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Originally posted by Fishscaler
(Graddeated hi skewl in 1976, that is.)

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God bless America, my home sweet home...

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Originally posted by JHromadka
I guess that was in response to my misspelling of the word in a news item today.

Next time just email me

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Yeah, every once in a while I make a typo in news items because I'm in a hurry.

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Originally posted by Nhatman
ps - now for a little more fun on thursday, let's talk about screen protector patents....

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