The Spelling Nazi Speaks
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Chris Phelps
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FirstFreedom said:
LOL he is surely going to end up doing just that. And tfl will, once again, be making history.
BusGunner007
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Then there's that one about SHORThairs...
Funny thing about "moot"...I've always heard it used as a device to end an argument, as when my wife says "It's a moot point...no more guns". In fact, it's defined as the opposite...open for debate, to propagate a discussion.
Another of my nit-picky things is "its" and "it's". "Its" is a possessive of "it", and "it's" is a contraction of "it is".
I "also" hate "it" when "someone" overuses "quotation marks".
Another of my nit-picky things is "its" and "it's". "Its" is a possessive of "it", and "it's" is a contraction of "it is".
I "also" hate "it" when "someone" overuses "quotation marks".
Chris Phelps
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well, since everyone is getting a long way away from the topic of firearm related word misuse...
"Utilize". The word utilize means (meant) to use an object for something other than its intended purpose. For example, you can utilize a hammer to mash your potatos. You cannot, however, utilize it to pound nails, since that was its intended purpose.
This has, in the way of so many other words these days, been changed in the dictionary. If you can't get people to understand the proper use of a word, change the dictionary so they are right. Webster would be rolling in his grave if he knew the dive our vocabulary has taken.
"Utilize". The word utilize means (meant) to use an object for something other than its intended purpose. For example, you can utilize a hammer to mash your potatos. You cannot, however, utilize it to pound nails, since that was its intended purpose.
This has, in the way of so many other words these days, been changed in the dictionary. If you can't get people to understand the proper use of a word, change the dictionary so they are right.
Webster would be rolling in his grave if he knew the dive our vocabulary has taken.WeedWacker
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Shroud not shrowed or shrowd. And it's not a shoulder thing that goe up
Huntergirl
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The internet is telling us what we already know, that our kids can't spell. Just as bad as having no knowledge of history or geography. What ARE kids learning in school? I must be approaching girl -geezerdom.
I must be approaching girl -geezerdom.Slugthrower
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How about these words.
Read... or read?
Lead... or lead?
If read as lead, then we can put lead on a moving target. If you can't read then this couldn't have been read and you would have wasted your lead and your lead.
Excess leading of barrels leads to poor accuracy.
Read... or read?
Lead... or lead?
If read as lead, then we can put lead on a moving target. If you can't read then this couldn't have been read and you would have wasted your lead and your lead.
Excess leading of barrels leads to poor accuracy.