Forum / Form - usage

**Whisk_Luva** · 07-07-2007, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by Catty1

And there is no "a" in the first part of Whisk_Luva. It's WHISK. All by itself.

I can see why that happens....especially in areas where Whiskas is a popular cat food and treat!

Ah yes

I get that a lot! Thanks for pointing that out because I would of forgotten!

**jennielynn1970** · 07-07-2007, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by Whisk_Luva

Ah yes

I get that a lot! Thanks for pointing that out because I would of forgotten!

Right there is another one of my spelling peeves.... the phrase is actually "I would have" not "of"... I would have preferred that they spelled my name correctly."

Not picking on Whisk_Luva, just pointing it out.

**sirrahbed** · 07-07-2007, 01:37 PM

I have tended to be a member of the "Spelling Police" for most of my early years (college major was English the first time around

)...but now I make so many of my own goofs that I don't have much room to point out the goofs I see. If I stop and think - I know proper grammar (not grammer!) rules and usage rules, but don't always use them anymore. I wonder if I am losing brain cells or getting my punishment for being picky. Like Kay, I do cringe now and then though.

**Catty1** · 07-07-2007, 01:41 PM

I just created a Spelling Thread - voluntary only!

Let's see how it goes!

**cassiesmom** · 07-18-2007, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by sirrahbed

I have tended to be a member of the "Spelling Police" for most of my early years (college major was English the first time around

)...but now I make so many of my own goofs that I don't have much room to point out the goofs I see. If I stop and think - I know proper grammar (not grammer!) rules and usage rules, but don't always use them anymore. I wonder if I am losing brain cells or getting my punishment for being picky. Like Kay, I do cringe now and then though.

I'm a full fledged Spelling Police Officer. Won the junior high spelling bee in eighth grade. I was blown out of the water by the words spelled by the Scripps Spelling Bee students, though. There were some I had not even heard before.

When my nieces send e-mail and text messages, they do use 'prolly' as shorthand for 'probably'. Their old aunt (me) also learned a new one from them today: 'cos' is shorthand for 'because', at least around here

I had a teacher in high school that insisted on proper pronunciation for words like what, when, why: "hwat", "hwen", "hwy" instead of "wat", "wen", "wy". That's a habit I never did get into.

**Catty1** · 07-18-2007, 02:20 PM

New Thread: http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=130663

**momoffuzzyfaces** · 07-18-2007, 02:40 PM

Will how you spell a word really matter in 100 years?

**Whisk_Luva** · 07-07-2007, 02:11 PM

Originally Posted by jenn_librarian

Right there is another one of my spelling peeves.... the phrase is actually "I would have" not "of"... I would have preferred that they spelled my name correctly."

Not picking on Whisk_Luva, just pointing it out.

Oops! Sorry! I am tired today! *Yawns*

I feel really stupid now! I made a mistake on a spelling\grammar thread!

**buttercup132** · 07-07-2007, 02:19 PM

I tend to have alot of spelling and grammar mistakes. Since joining PT though my grammar and spelling have got better and it bothers me when I see people who spell things wrong or don't use proper grammar.
I do have a hard time telling to difference between does and dose though.

**Randi** · 07-07-2007, 02:25 PM

Whisk_Luva, there's no reason to feel stupid, it can happen to us all.

"Does" is used in "he does drive fast" - "dose" is used as in "a dose of medicine".

**jennielynn1970** · 07-07-2007, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by Whisk_Luva

Oops! Sorry! I am tired today! *Yawns*

I feel really stupid now! I made a mistake on a spelling\grammar thread!

It's not stupid... more than likely you hear people say the contraction of would have (would've) or could have (could've) or should have (should've).

They sound like you're saying the word OF not the contraction.

My mother was an English Teacher and then became a Librarian.
I am a Librarian, and have been the teacher in charge of the District Spelling Bee for Scripps National Spelling Bee since 2000. If you want to be totally confused and confounded, you need to see and hear the words that the kids in the Scripps National Spelling Bee have to know and spell!

So, I'm good at spelling, but still lag behind in grammar a bit.

**Almita** · 07-07-2007, 03:17 PM

The only thing that bugs me, is that when people will type in slang to EVERYTHING. They want to shorten everything up, or change the letters to a number to make it look cool.

That is what bugs me the most, it is like they want to just shorten everything when it is probably easier to just write it normally.

For me i don't usually say forum, i mostly just say the Site or something along that lines.

**Randi** · 07-07-2007, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by Almita

They want to shorten everything up, or change the letters to a number to make it look cool.

That is what bugs me the most, it is like they want to just shorten everything when it is probably easier to just write it normally.

Oh, I agree with you! Hopefully, one day they'll realize it's not smart at all, and that no one is impressed.

Originally Posted by Almita

For me i don't usually say forum, i mostly just say the Site or something along that lines.

A site and a forum are two different things though.

**crow_noir** · 07-09-2007, 12:55 AM

Originally Posted by Randi

A site and a forum are two different things though.

He he... I have fun with this thanks to a math class in high school. Forget what chapter or what it was relevant to.

A: A forum can be a site, but not all sites are forums.

Q: Does S = F ?