Can everyone wish me good luck?

[All Creatures Great And Small]

Originally posted by Nomilynn
As long as they don't listen to how I talk, it should be ok. I can use proper grammar in writing, but when I talk you would think I'm the typical blonde

Oh yeah, here too - when I am speaking around family, friends, coworkers, I lapse into lazy slang and regional dialect - my sister lived in California for the longest time before moving to England, and she swears that I have a "Wisconsin" accent. (I probably do.) When it's time to compose letters, e-mails, or "message board / forum posts", then I tend to put on the dog a bit more. It's been such a long time since I actually had to learn English though, that when my daughter asks for help with English homework, I don't know what any of the terms mean anymore! (Participle? Preposition? Predicate? HUH? Your what hurts?)

[koxka]

All the goog waves I owe are sent in your way Nomilynn. I hated exams soooo much. .

I wish you the best of luck on your exams .

[sammi]

Good luck and prayers are going your way!

[anna_66]

GOOD LUCK!!!!

[COCatMama]

Please stop people from typing your instead of you're!!!!!!! That drives me INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Logan]

Best of luck with the exams (I don't miss them at all) and with the braces. Just so you'll know it isn't always so bad, my daughter, Helen, had her impressions done week before last and she didn't gag! What a girl! I'm sure you'll do just fine.

Have a happy holiday season when this is all over!!

[All Creatures Great And Small]

Originally posted by Lalania
Please stop people from typing your instead of you're!!!!!!! That drives me INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hee hee - how about their, they're and there being used interchangeably? I don't know why spelling and grammar errors bother me so much - must be something in the chromosomes, I guess I certainly don't fault anyone for whom English is a second language, and I admire (and envy) their bilingual skills. I just feel there's too much reliance on "spell check" these days, and some teachers deciding that "as long as you can understand what the student is trying to express, don't worry about the spelling and grammar" - (Good old Milwaukee Public School system, whose motto is "High Standards Start Here"! )

Good luck to you , Naomi !!!

[Cataholic]

Good luck on your exams...though it was now four years ago that I sat for the bar, I tell you, it can seem like yesterday if I let my mind travel. But, good sleep, some exercise to release the stress, and a positive attitude can make ALL the difference.

As to the braces...no big deal (though that was alot longer than four years ago...He he he). I think the inconvenience is so way worth it!!!

[moosmom]

Prayers and LOTS of good luck vibes coming your way!! Have a great vacation and a safe trip too!

[Nomilynn]

Something I've noticed about grammar lately is the word "disorienTATed". It drives me NUTS. It's disorienTED. I was watching this girl edit a friends RESUME and she wrote in "insert here: I am very sports minded and orientated" and I thought.. way to make him lose the job! Unless of course the interviewers don't notice! I wonder if that word has just been accepted as a real word because people use it so much, kind of like IRregardless. *sigh*

Thanks for all the kind wishes!

[Nomilynn]

Hi!

I just got back from my first exam tonight. It wasn't too hard but it was LOOOONG.. my whole arm cramped up!! But at least it's done. The good vibes are working - keep it up!

Thanks!!

[AmberLee]

One down. How many to go?

[Nomilynn]

Originally posted by AmberLee
One down. How many to go?

FOUR more!!! And a paper to hand in!!!

But that's ok.. the hardest paper is done now. Now to tackle the hardest exams.. tomorrow and on the 18th!

[Lillycat]

good luck! soon the 18th will be here and gone and it will alllllll be over!