OT--Re: Help me find 5 mistakes and than solution to thoes mistakes!
Anthony J Placilla
anthony_placilla at suth.com
Wed Aug 18 18:43:34 UTC 2004
On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 14:31, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 11:33, Steven W. Orr wrote:
> >> And a pet peeve of mine is misuse of Latin in general, e.g., the biggest
> >> of which are confusing i.e. and e.g., and mispronouncing etc (i.e., et
> >> cetera) as ex cetera.
> >>
> >
> > Hey, Steve! Good to read you again.
> >
> > I thought this thread would die, but since it refuses I'll just *have*
> > to pitch in. Generally spelling and grammar are going downhill fast...
> > English is my second language and I still find that most of the
> > "natives" speak/write/think in simply deplorable fashion. Examples:
> >
> > Misuse of similar words: complimentary/complementary or affect/effect
> > Language destruction: walla! (voilà!) and expresso (espresso)
>
> "its" versus "it's". grrrr .....
>
> rday
>
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Tony Placilla, RHCT
anthony_placilla at suth.com
J.O.A.T.
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