[forthetrees]

Sorry, the teacher in me cringes every time I see the following mistakes and the optimist in me thinks that by reading this, it will make a difference. If you find errors in my writing, please let me know.

Between my h and I. NO, that is incorrect. Between my h and me... Why? Between is a preposition and requires an object (me) not a subject (I). How to know the difference? Try saying, "Between I and my h..." Sounds funny and not just because of the word order.

I like the movie x because it´s plot is about MLC. No, it´s is the contraction of "it is" and you need "its", the possessive form. This is an exception to the rule of using apostrophes for possession.

Your doing great. No, you need "you´re" which is the contraction of "you are." "Your" is the possessive adjective.

My h does that to. No, you need "too."

I do agree that there are multiple spellings of b@t sh"t crazy:)

Take care,
FTT

[Thundarr]

I think u r on to something.  Cuz its not write that english is goin away becuz of texting and social trends.  Texting is 4 dummies.

[LettingGo]

Hey, FTT..... any allowance for errors caused by SWIPE texting??? For the sake of time and convenience, I often overlook the incorrect spelling choices of my text program.... I figure if you know me, you know I'm no Einstein..... but I do pretty good.... I mean well 

[honour]

I love teachers, they don't write like what I do, but there well nice. 

[Mermaid]

FTT, kindred spirit!!!   

Further considerations.

1.  Sentences start with a capital letter. 

2. Irregular plurals. 1 child, 2 children. 1 midlife crisis, multiple midlife crises 

3. We (Brits) turn a blind eye to American spellings (color/ colour) and grammar (got/ gotten). We know that America and England were two great nations separated by the same language.

4. Foreigners are forgiven for mistakes, but remember this: “A verb walks up to a noun in a bar and says, “Hey baby, wanna conjugate?”  The noun responds, “I decline.”
"The past, the present and the future walked into a bar.             It was tense. "

Finally, one for you, FTT  :

[Thundarr]

Brits, ha!  You guys act like you invented the language or something.  Lol!!

Also, iPhone autocorrect tends to cause errors very often and especially with punctuation.  For example, if you put quotation marks after a period it will insert a period after giving you two in the same sentence.  Very weird....

[FIRECRACKER]

My H and I did not fight alot when we were happy. Our biggest fight was often over the usage of broke versus broken. Seriously!!!!

[What Next]

FortheTrees,

I love this thread!  I particularly cringe at the misuse of the possessive over the plural, e.g. D's as opposed to Ds when referring to more than one daughter.  Sorry but that really gets to me, drop the apostrophe please!

I can't spell to save my life and rely heavily on spellcheck but as that doesn't decipher context my posts may not always make sense, apologies!

[In this for ME]

I think u r on to something.  Cuz its not write that english is goin away becuz of texting and social trends.  Texting is 4 dummies.


TOOOOOOOOOOOO Funny T!!!!! 

[LearningIamOk]

You are onto something. I also hate "irregardless", no such word, and sorry Firecracker, the words are "a lot" not "alot". There is also " 'til" not "til". Til is a sesame plant and 'til is abbreviated form of until. Also there is no alright. Again, it's two words, All right.

There used to be a TV show called Grammar Rock. The theme song words were "Grammar Rock is not your Grandma, it's your english." It taught all the same things that are being spoken of here. They also had a segment called "Conjunction Junction, What's Your Function?". It was entertaining and informative.

The book 1984, spoke of the govt. imposing a language similar to texting so people couldn't communicate effectively.

My H spells so poorly that spell check can't figure out the word he wants. If you want to laugh, damnyouautocorrect.com has some pretty hilarious conversations that the phone "fixes".