OT--Re: Help me find 5 mistakes and than solution to thoes mistakes!

[Robert P. J. Day]

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