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Sun Jun 10, 2012, 01:53 PM

RebelOne (26,825 posts)

7. It is a common error and drives me crazy when I see it. n/t

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26 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why is the spelling of ad (advertisement) so confused with add (adding and subtracting) [View all]	LiberalFighter	Jun 2012	OP
What I see confused on DU is writing	marybourg	Jun 2012	#1
Or it's (contraction) when the poster means its (3rd-person singular possessive) - n/t	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#6
A lot of people were never told that	marybourg	Jun 2012	#10
I see mis-use of this often enough, that I think people are trying	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#11
??	marybourg	Jun 2012	#13
People think they're supposed to use an apostrophe to indicate possession and, yes,	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#15
Lose and loose.	RC	Jun 2012	#8
Common error based on the way the brain organizes information.	aquart	Jun 2012	#2
I do that too when typing	LiberalFighter	Jun 2012	#4
substracting?	CurtEastPoint	Jun 2012	#3
Sorry	LiberalFighter	Jun 2012	#5
It is a common error and drives me crazy when I see it. n/t	RebelOne	Jun 2012	#7
I do not know, but it bugs me when I see it!	MADem	Jun 2012	#9
On a humorous note, yesterday I saw someone claim that democratic	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#12
To whom are you speaking?	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#14
Turn that around: You are speaking to whom?	CTyankee	Jun 2012	#18
Same use of "whom". If you can replace it with "him" or "her", it is "whom".	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#19
yes, whom is correct after the preposition "to".	CTyankee	Jun 2012	#20
Hmm. Clever you are.	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#23
that I am...	CTyankee	Jun 2012	#24
There and their. You're and your. Anything to do with apostrophes...	Rhiannon12866	Jun 2012	#16
Too many people count on spell-check ...	surrealAmerican	Jun 2012	#17
Spell check is partly to blame. It doesn't understand context. n/t	cherokeeprogressive	Jun 2012	#21
By whom? I don't see that.	Spider Jerusalem	Jun 2012	#22
My big beef...."Between John and I" Everyone says this on TV, including the well educated. Or	Laura PourMeADrink	Jun 2012	#25
Are these the same people who use, "myself," when they mean, "me?"	Fawke Em	Jun 2012	#26

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