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SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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4211I have noted something similar if not exactly conforming to the case you describJacques Chitte-1/27/2011
4210I remember reading a long time ago that two spaces was right. With that questionJacques Chitte-1/27/2011
4209>>Anyone else use a word that sounds somewhat similar to another word, resCogito-1/27/2011
4208I (quoting someone else's blog comment about a situation) used the term &quoTimF-1/27/2011
4207Now I know why they invented "Trivial Pursuit." And by the way, shoulManyMoose-1/18/2011
4206At first I thought the Slate article was tongue-in-cheek about the single or douStan-1/18/2011
4205One space or two? slate.com theatlantic.com manifestdensity.net professorbaiTimF-1/18/2011
4204I think the reason spelling matters is that if it didn't our language would ManyMoose-1/6/2011
4203Oh you're just making sure I'm not a spambot. (grin)Jacques Chitte-1/6/2011
4202 As long as the first and last letters are correct, all the other letters are tTimF-1/6/2011
4201In order to do that I have to drop back from reading whole lines to reading wordManyMoose-1/6/2011
4200ritholtz.com professorbainbridge.comTimF-1/6/2011
4199Your way of putting it makes it much clearer.Cogito-12/29/2010
4198>>I'm sure it was a joke since both "their" and "they&#Cogito-12/29/2010
4197They're not there; their brainware wears where the sun don't shine.ManyMoose-12/29/2010
4196Homonym abusers who do not ask will not be told.ManyMoose-12/29/2010
4195They say you do not truly know another language until you dream in it. I think ManyMoose-12/29/2010
4194That's a tricky one. Another way of writing that with yet another meaning iManyMoose-12/29/2010
4193I'm sure it was a joke since both "their" and "they're&quStan-12/29/2010
4192>>Conversely their is a sharp rise in the failure of writers to spot inappCogito112/29/2010
4191In my readings of late, I have been annoyed by the decline of the hyphenated parJacques Chitte-12/28/2010
4190A debate on language and thought Dec 13th 2010, 20:04 by G.L. | NEW YORK WETimF-12/28/2010
4189CAN NOT. I wrote about the issue of cannot versus can not way back in 2003; as TimF-12/28/2010
41882010 Word of the Year: thirdage.comStan-12/20/2010
4187Demeaning volokh.comTimF112/17/2010
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