laughing lioness Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 "We know the difference between there, they're and their, it's and its, to, too and two, your and you're. We are the 1%." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 :rofl::hurray::thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMDRAD Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 :cheers2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenR Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 :cheers2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Really? 1%? Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
posybuddy Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I always wanted to be special! :hurray::hurray::hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabeline Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 :rofl::hurray::thumbup: :iagree: It's like nails on a chalkboard. I wish it were polite to offer to edit Facebook posts or even blog posts. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 :thumbup: Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 :D:lol::D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleWonders Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 :lol: I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertDweller Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 It's like nails on a chalkboard. I wish it were polite to offer to edit Facebook posts or even blog posts. :D :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Governess Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Fantastic. :D:lol::D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 And because I was homeschooled, I even know when to use words like "lie" and "lay". I can talk in ways that make you wonder what's up, like "Is it they?" I came by it honestly! My mom took me out of school and started with A Beka 6th grade grammar. I admit, it was a hell year, but I'm glad to have good grammar ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Really? 1%? Wow! :iagree:And what about the difference between 'advise' and 'advice' (my latest pet peeve)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Cornelia Snook Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 LOVE IT!! Sell and sale get me. "My truck is for sell." I never noticed this one until a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 "Like" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I used to work at a polling place which was actually a political propaganda place (you said you were polling, and you read the canned questions and turned in the sheets, which they did NOTHING with, but the questions were designed to sway a voter). It was all women, most of whom had already worked a full day and were putting in 4 hours on the phone before hauling themselves out to the bowels of Queens on an evening train. The questions were poorly written, and I used to just make various marks on them while I chatted with lonely old widowers in West Virginia, etc. Anyway, one woman, during a quick lull, noted that she couldn't "read it if it wasn't grammar". Just the other day we had a test we had to take at work and I read through the material we would be tested on ("How to Detect Spam"). One of the bullet points was "Is there a grammar error" followed by "If you get something suspicious, have the IT department warned you such email was coming?" I emailed them, maintaining it would be past tense, but I have not heard a reply. The other day the CEO, a rather big cheese with 1000s under him, thanked us for "being part of the budget problem". He meant being part of the solution to the budget problem, and I emailed back asking why I was being thanked for helping the state be 2B in the hole. No reply, and am not I glad I have no desire for a management position. :D One secretary at work has taken to sending me the group emails first because she knows I will actually read it and correct it for her. I am reminded of Salinger's For Esme with Love and Squalor, about the soldier who tells the narrator his girlfriend thinks his letters home have improved since he and narrator became bunkmates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon H in IL Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Thank you for the belly laugh. I feel so lonely sometimes. My last attempt at explaining to RL friends why I bother to teach my 6th grader grammar was immediately followed by a chorus of how no one needs it anymore, and they learned everything they needed to know by osmosis. :confused: I've been away too long, WTM board, too long! I promise I won't leave you again. I know I was wrong, and I promise to be faithful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 "We know the difference between there, they're and their, it's and its, to, too and two, your and you're. We are the 1%." :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I'd like to add that I know the correct way to use the word "myriad." Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 Thank you for the belly laugh. I feel so lonely sometimes. My last attempt at explaining to RL friends why I bother to teach my 6th grader grammar was immediately followed by a chorus of how no one needs it anymore, and they learned everything they needed to know by osmosis. :confused: I've been away too long, WTM board, too long! I promise I won't leave you again. I know I was wrong, and I promise to be faithful. Glad you saw the light!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Add to the list the difference between "affect" and "effect" as well as "fewer" and "lesser." I went to PS and know these! (Though, the school I went to had a very strong G&T program.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista in LA Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 It's like nails on a chalkboard. I wish it were polite to offer to edit Facebook posts or even blog posts. :D My dd goes to public high school and last year her English teacher did have them edit FB posts, e-mails, and texts that she'd received. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 :lol::lol::lol: I'd like to add that we also know the difference between lose and loose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I hope you don't mind. I just had to post this to facebook. Maybe it will help someone. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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