tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514737557624848689.post2640632711140923428..comments2023-11-05T01:05:44.487-07:00Comments on Picnic at Stonehenge: The Adventures of Grammar Girl And Spellcheck BoyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514737557624848689.post-14796544626192274832008-07-14T07:47:00.000-07:002008-07-14T07:47:00.000-07:00Kimber, they're stronger than silent 'e'...Bernita...Kimber, they're stronger than silent 'e'...<BR/><BR/>Bernita, that's one of the reasons I posted this. I'll be able to read it later and say, oh yeah, THAT'S how you spell it.Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13857307804942257484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514737557624848689.post-71413997530394394512008-07-14T06:43:00.000-07:002008-07-14T06:43:00.000-07:00And I greatly fear that seeing "loose/lose" mis-us...And I greatly fear that seeing "loose/lose" mis-used so often will finally imprint on my tired brain and I will do it myself even though I know better.Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514737557624848689.post-78129177503665185912008-07-13T05:05:00.000-07:002008-07-13T05:05:00.000-07:00Ooh, scary. What super powers does these two have...Ooh, scary. What super powers does these two have? Can they zap my manuscript and make it perfect?Kimber Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982239712083114488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514737557624848689.post-51161527498998366592008-07-12T19:18:00.000-07:002008-07-12T19:18:00.000-07:00Two, too, and to are bad enough, Written. But loos...Two, too, and to are bad enough, Written. But loose and lose don't even sound alike!<BR/><BR/>Beth, I have texting teens, too. (See! I used it properly!) They know that if they text-speak in front of me, they'll be OMGing in their rooms the rest of the night.Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13857307804942257484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514737557624848689.post-87136975559036755022008-07-12T09:50:00.000-07:002008-07-12T09:50:00.000-07:00Isn't the internet great? It's brought grammar to...Isn't the internet great? It's brought grammar to a whole new low!<BR/><BR/>"Loose" drives me nuts too. And the slangy abbreviations are high on the annoying side (but with a 14 year old text addict in the house, what's a girl to do?).<BR/><BR/>TTYL!StarvingWriteNowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569580787956358575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514737557624848689.post-71084814085642803372008-07-12T09:19:00.000-07:002008-07-12T09:19:00.000-07:00LOL! I get so tired of non-homonyms like lose and...LOL! I get so tired of non-homonyms like lose and loose. People taught by the 'see and say' method get like that; they never learned to sound out words and don't see they are fundamentally different.writtenwyrddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280711822302493122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514737557624848689.post-49391622586391704652008-07-11T15:08:00.000-07:002008-07-11T15:08:00.000-07:00UR so meen!UR so meen!Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13857307804942257484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514737557624848689.post-12288534085526671632008-07-11T11:03:00.000-07:002008-07-11T11:03:00.000-07:00U R juss jellus becuz U R a looser! Donte B a hatt...U R juss jellus becuz U R a looser! Donte B a hatter! 2 muck hat in the werld.Missiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13366208678681897817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514737557624848689.post-719059220075328392008-07-11T09:39:00.000-07:002008-07-11T09:39:00.000-07:00True, but it's the one that irritates me the most!...True, but it's the one that irritates me the most!Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13857307804942257484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514737557624848689.post-53255101448253072312008-07-11T09:10:00.000-07:002008-07-11T09:10:00.000-07:00Tip of the internet iceberg baby. *but now secret...Tip of the internet iceberg baby. *but now secretly wondering if I've done this*Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02312731015432167519noreply@blogger.com