Spelling puzzle.

Sad, but...

Old guys' grammars are usually dead already, anyway. Won't be back.
 
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Check the "Location:" in SaxonPig's header. Insufficeint? You'd think that a Ph.d. (in anything) would be able to correctly spell "insufficient".

Just sayin'....:D

But, what do I know? I'm just a guy that melts various metals together for a living. :D
 
And don't forget one of my pet gun forum peeves - 'sites' used for the things you aim with, and 'sights' for those web pages to which we often link.
 
It's too bad there are too many twos when you get down to it and you're the one on your way
 
Apparently, "alright" appears in some (previously) respected dictionaries these days.

Who here over 50 wasn't taught that " all right" is two words????

Another favorite, especially in TV commercials: "less calories" ( or whatever commodity).

If you can put a number to it, it's "fewer", as in calories. If you can't, it's "less", as in "fat".

I've given up on the apostrophe misuse; it's a losing battle.

All this in good fun--we intellectuals know what you rustics mean! ;-)
 
Could we possibly ban grammer posts, much like the current ban on political threads?:(

If you want to ban posts about people's progenitors, I suppose we could --- I'm not much much interested in folk's maternal grandparents in most cases. However, if there's a move afoot to ban posts concerning grammar I'd object as strenuously as I would to banning posts about chronic misspelling, such as using grammer when grammar is obviously indicated.
 
G-Mac---- I didn't misspell any word in my location. I typed in "Directly over the center of the Earth" when filling out the page and what you see is what the system applied. Not my doing.
 
Apparently, "alright" appears in some (previously) respected dictionaries these days.

Who here over 50 wasn't taught that " all right" is two words????

Another favorite, especially in TV commercials: "less calories" ( or whatever commodity).

If you can put a number to it, it's "fewer", as in calories. If you can't, it's "less", as in "fat".

I've given up on the apostrophe misuse; it's a losing battle.

All this in good fun--we intellectuals know what you rustics mean! ;-)

I would like to see, with fewer frequency, less fat people in the "20 items or less" checkout lines with greater than 20 items.
 
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'An' is used before a word beginning with a vowel or word that sounds like it begins with a vowel.

...an apple, an envelope, an S (sounds like es), an L (el),

In your example it depends on how you intend to say the phrase. A Smith & Wesson would be correct.
An S&W (Es & Double U) would be correct.

So is it "an" historical event or "a" historical event?:rolleyes:
 
And while we're at it ...

There is no such word as "Ect"

It's "etc.", an abbreviation of the Latin term meaning "and other things" or "and so forth".


And it is not pronounced "ex-cetera".

Heathens... :rolleyes:


:D
 
So is it "an" historical event or "a" historical event?:rolleyes:

That one has always been a problem for me. The only thing I can think is that it comes from the British way of not sounding their "H's" (a-chez?) so to their ear it sounds like " 'istorical ".
 
Could this be the most times a gorilla has replied to a posting and follow-up with more erudite correction and advice? Or is that a run-on sentence? And, if so, could there be consequences, yet unknown?
 

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