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Pastimes : SI Grammar and Spelling Lab

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To: HairBall who wrote (3919)4/30/2004 2:41:33 AM
From: LPS5  Read Replies (1) of 4711
 
I know there are spelling and grammar errors in many of my posts. I type quickly and often make mistakes.

I agree. Isn't, then, this post laughably hypocritical?

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That, of course, was my point in posting this:

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Not, I should add - as heavy emotions seem to have dictated to you - that I was asserting that I don't make mistakes. Not at all, and I've never stated or otherwise maintained anything of the sort.

As always, though, I invite you to find a post where I've stated something to that effect.

What I find hilarious is that you are obtuse enough to think I did not recognize “tails” or “easily”.

When you confuse the words "steal" and "still", among others? No, I have absolutely no reason to believe that you recognize those terms, in particular when you cited them as being incorrect! LOL!

I just believe you used the wrong word in each instance.

Excellent. Then, by all means, let me know what your redneck argot would replace "tails" with in the following sentence...

"...Nothing like standing waist deep in the fat, unloved-but-juicy tails of probability."

...and "easily" with in this sentence.

"Argumentatively, he qualifies as the lowest-hanging, easily plucked fruit."

While I can find many instances where both “mispricings” and “circumlocutive” are used via a Google search...

Of course you could. They're words.

...I could not find a single online dictionary or encyclopedia that recognizes either word...

Nor will you find "contemporaryism," "metrosexual," or "mindshare", in most (if any) dictionaries, but they are certainly words in current use. On the other hand, I've read that Homer Simpson's "d'oh" is about to be added to the dictionary, and I've never heard that interjection used conversationally.

In other words: what's your point?

...and I did try a few.

LOL. Of course you did.

LPS5
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