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Apostrophe misuse. 2 11.11%
Not capitalizing letters (for example: "hi, i've got many issues with capitalizing my letters"). 4 22.22%
Confusing things like "there," "their," and "they're." 9 50.00%
When People just capitalise random Letters at the start of Words! 3 16.67%
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Old March 20th, 2006, 03:43 AM
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Netiquette Most of these make perfect sense. Some of us need to read it.

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Old March 20th, 2006, 03:44 AM
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Well i guess none of them really bother me,but i think it looks stupid when they 'tYpe liKE thiS'.
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Old March 20th, 2006, 03:52 AM
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Well i guess none of them really bother me,but i think it looks stupid when they 'tYpe liKE thiS'
Unless their keyboard is broken and they're asking for help.
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Old March 20th, 2006, 09:22 PM
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Unless their keyboard is broken and they're asking for help.
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Old March 21st, 2006, 05:03 AM
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My own personal failure (apart from writing unadulterated drivel)
Much of it plagiarized at that.
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Old March 21st, 2006, 10:32 AM
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Ha ha, trying to confuse me with a name change huh "Tom"?

I know who you REALLY are, "Iamone". Didn't think I'd rumble ya, hey?

Oh yeah, and the fact that you've moved from Norfolk to the US, and that your a bloke now, and that you quote Louis Theroux, the well known satirical documentary maker from Ingerland and and and ................

"STRETCHER BEARERRRRRRRRRRRRRR"
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Old March 21st, 2006, 11:05 AM
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Ha ha, trying to confuse me with a name change huh "Tom"?

I know who you REALLY are, "Iamone". Didn't think I'd rumble ya, hey?

Oh yeah, and the fact that you've moved from Norfolk to the US, and that your a bloke now, and that you quote Louis Theroux, the well known satirical documentary maker from Ingerland and and and ................

"STRETCHER BEARERRRRRRRRRRRRRR"

I am going to translate that into cockney ryhming slang then maybe i can understand it

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Lawd above! Ha 'a, 'ryin' ter confuse me wiv a name change 'uh "Tom"? I know who yew REALLY are, "Iamone". Didn't think I'd rumble ya, 'ey? Oh yeah, an' da fact what you've moved from Norfolk ter da US, an' what yaaahr a bloke now, an' what yew quote Louis Theroux, da well known satirical documun'ary maker from Ingerland an' and an' ................ . , innit.
No that didnt work did it??
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Old March 21st, 2006, 11:08 AM
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have fun with this
http://www.confusingwords.com/index....d=&search=Find
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Old March 21st, 2006, 12:35 PM
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Great link sho-dan, never heard of an "arroyo" before. I will try and weave it into my conversation in work this afternoon.

BM - gawd bless ya Mary Poppins. Though it was "ooo arrrrr to be do" out your neck of the woods? whereas I'm more "who's coat is that jacket" and "are you reading that newspaper you are sitting on, bach?"
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Old March 21st, 2006, 01:47 PM
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To all those saying "don't criticize people because of a few spelling mistakes", this isn't about spelling mistakes. It's about people deliberately typing like morons, because they're lazy, trying to save time, trying to look cool, or whatever other pathetic excuse they have. And as uripyores' link points out, any semi-intelligent person can easily tell the difference between deliberate English abuse and legitimate ESL difficulties, so foreigners don't have any excuse either.
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Old March 21st, 2006, 01:58 PM
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To all those saying "don't criticize people because of a few spelling mistakes", this isn't about spelling mistakes. It's about people deliberately typing like morons, because they're lazy, trying to save time, trying to look cool, or whatever other pathetic excuse they have. And as uripyores' link points out, any semi-intelligent person can easily tell the difference between dilberate English abuse and legitimate ESL difficulties, so foreigners don't have any excuse either.

And spellcheckers
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Old March 21st, 2006, 02:23 PM
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Nice choice of words oracle.
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Old March 21st, 2006, 05:20 PM
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I think the computer is at fault sometimes. Take me, please. No really, I bang away at the kbd for a paragraph or two and look up at the screen and see my computer has changed many letters I know I typed correctly. I think it's a built in little joke. Luckily I do use IESpell checker but it does not catch everything, especially grammar.
This doesn't apply to UK where another spell checker is used.
(a lot of 'ours' in UK. Honour, colour, etc. My IEspell picks them up constantly but I just overlook them as to the source.
Licence is a noun (a driving licence) (I use my license to drive)
License is a verb (a landlord is licensed to sell booze)
Practice is a noun (a lawyer's practice)
Practise is a verb (to practise the piano for an exam)

Effect is a noun (this weather has an uplifting effect on my mood)
Affect is a verb (The change of teacher has affected her progress)

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Here are some other common confusions:
Stationery is paper and stuff (e for envelopes)

Stationary is not moving

Complement is adding to, finishing the set (spelt like complete)

Compliment is giving praise, (paying someone a compliment, compliments slip)

I think affect and effect are bad offenders. It affects the whole effect of the sentence.
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Old March 21st, 2006, 06:00 PM
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Just because people makes type-o's and have a style about their writing is NO cause to put the BAD MOUTH(call them names) on them.To each his or her own.
If I can't read it, I just leave it alone!
NO! one is perfect, I know I come close;but I am stll working on it!
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I think its aful wen u cantt speeelllllll poperly dunt yu
Know,eye can reed dat just fyne


Nothing really bothers me,its just text on the screen right?
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