Comments on: MM: Misspellings http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/ Using Grammar and Good Manners to Save the World Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:25:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: IMA blog English 101. : IMA Blog http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/comment-page-1/#comment-1209 IMA blog English 101. : IMA Blog Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:33:18 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/#comment-1209 [...] my absolute biggest pet peeve is the use of certain words and the correct spelling for them in specific scenarios. I have a couple that drive me crazy – words that are plural as [...] [...] my absolute biggest pet peeve is the use of certain words and the correct spelling for them in specific scenarios. I have a couple that drive me crazy – words that are plural as [...]

]]> By: Norma http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/comment-page-1/#comment-1192 Norma Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:27:10 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/#comment-1192 I definately try not to mispell whenever possable. :D <em>Norma's last blog post..<a href='http://nownormaknits2.typepad.com/now_norma_knits_2/2008/08/241-housekeepin.html' rel="nofollow">241. Housekeeping</a></em> I definately try not to mispell whenever possable. :D

Norma’s last blog post..241. Housekeeping

]]> By: --Deb http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/comment-page-1/#comment-1179 --Deb Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:21:08 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/#comment-1179 You know, I read somewhere once that the QWERTY keyboard was not, in fact, designed for speedy typing, but actually to slow typists DOWN because the old, manual typewriters, with the arm that would fling up to type on the page, would jam if you sent letters that were too close together, too quickly. Of course, I don't know how TRUE that story is, but! <em>--Deb's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PunctualityRules/~3/376755145/' rel="nofollow">Got Grammar Questions?</a></em> You know, I read somewhere once that the QWERTY keyboard was not, in fact, designed for speedy typing, but actually to slow typists DOWN because the old, manual typewriters, with the arm that would fling up to type on the page, would jam if you sent letters that were too close together, too quickly.

Of course, I don’t know how TRUE that story is, but!

–Deb’s last blog post..Got Grammar Questions?

]]> By: Melissa Donovan http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Melissa Donovan Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:50:50 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/#comment-1177 Yep, I misspell these all the time, and not because I don't know how to spell them. These words are not keyboard friendly! They're typo-words! I swear it! <em>Melissa Donovan's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WritingForward/~3/376631953/how-to-master-the-writing-process' rel="nofollow">How to Master the Writing Process</a></em> Yep, I misspell these all the time, and not because I don’t know how to spell them. These words are not keyboard friendly! They’re typo-words! I swear it!

Melissa Donovan’s last blog post..How to Master the Writing Process

]]> By: --Deb http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/comment-page-1/#comment-1174 --Deb Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:59:01 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/#comment-1174 Isn't it interesting, how there are just some words that "stick" no matter what you do? <em>--Deb's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PunctualityRules/~3/374243455/' rel="nofollow">MM: Misspellings</a></em> Isn’t it interesting, how there are just some words that “stick” no matter what you do?

–Deb’s last blog post..MM: Misspellings

]]> By: Karen Swim http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 Karen Swim Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:18:29 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/#comment-1173 Like Lillie I always find myself uncertain whenever I write accommodate. I had a client recently who spelled sense as s-e-n-c-e. I suppose when you consider that we spell essence that way rather than "essense" it can be confusing to some. Like Lillie I always find myself uncertain whenever I write accommodate. I had a client recently who spelled sense as s-e-n-c-e. I suppose when you consider that we spell essence that way rather than “essense” it can be confusing to some.

]]> By: Lillie Ammann http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Lillie Ammann Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:08:03 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/#comment-1168 My bugbear is occasion—2 c's and 1 s or vice versa? Accommodate always make me stop and think as well. I have a client who always spells accessible as assessable, but she pronounces it that way also. <em>Lillie Ammann's last blog post..<a href='http://lillieammann.com/blog/2008/08/25/welcome-back-joanna/' rel="nofollow">Welcome back, Joanna!</a></em> My bugbear is occasion—2 c’s and 1 s or vice versa? Accommodate always make me stop and think as well. I have a client who always spells accessible as assessable, but she pronounces it that way also.

Lillie Ammann’s last blog post..Welcome back, Joanna!

]]> By: Judy H. http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/comment-page-1/#comment-1167 Judy H. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:40:53 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/25/mm-10/#comment-1167 Parallel has two parallel 'l's in the middle. <em>Judy H.'s last blog post..<a href='http://adventuresinfostering.blogspot.com/2008/08/ummmm-molly.html' rel="nofollow">Ummmm, Molly?</a></em> Parallel has two parallel ‘l’s in the middle.

Judy H.’s last blog post..Ummmm, Molly?

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