From: "Schrade, Scott" <sschrade@ascpl.lib.oh.us>
Reply-To: thewho@igtc.com
To: "'thewho@igtc.com'" <thewho@igtc.com>
Subject: Re: dots and fragments-no who
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:14:33 -0400
> > There's been studies...
>
> We'll let that one slide...
(blushing) Jesus H. I missed that one! Er...no wait...I did that on
purpose. ;-)
> Scott, have you noticed that people no longer know the difference be-
> tween "then" and "than"?
Yeah, that's a good one. And let's set the record straight on something
else right now: "A LOT" IS NOT ONE WORD!! It's not "alot." I can't get
over the resiliency of that common mistake. It won't go away! Kevin!
Or this one:
I *would of* liked to meet her. (wrong!)
I would *have* liked to meet her. (correct)
The comma thing when addressing a person is another resilient mistake that
doesn't seem to be going away either.
You have quite a firm butt Julie. (wrong!)
You have quite a firm butt, Julie. (correct)
Of course "who" (!) & "whom" still give people trouble (including me).
"Could" & "would." "Can" & "may." Fun stuff.
I catch mistakes on on-line news service headlines all the time. Usually
just typos, though.
I'd better stop writing; I'm getting paranoid. (Note my use of the under-
appreciated semi-colon.) ;-)
- SCHRADE in Akron