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Lucario EX said:
Probably because most homeschooled kids are used to being considered freaks. And I think that to an extent homeschooled children are attracted to Pokemon. It's probably nowhere near 50%, though.
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Gee thanks. =/

Um, the topic of common mistakes in the English language, Psyco?
 
Proofs were the only thing I didn't like
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There's one in particular I'll always loathe. Not because it's especially hard or anything, but because it cost me a lot of marks the first exam I saw it on: "Prove that 0.99999~ is equal to or not equal to 1."

Linear algebra was fun, though. I'd do it again. Anyway, back on topic, trying to speak English without knowing the differences between certain homonyms is like trying to play Pokémon without knowing the rules for trainers, supporters, and stadiums. You can still play the game, and players who know the rules will understand what it is you're trying to do, but you'll still be playing it wrong.
 
They'res no Canada like FRENCH Canada!

But yeah, I think it's a joke when my college professor has to remind us of the difference. One or two slip-up's is no big deal, but a paper laden with mistakes is a pain to read. =/

Matt is a little snit right now btw, but he's a great guy. Their're always people who are snit for bad reasons.
 
Well, admittedly, I'm blowing off steam from the midterms coming up on friday, saturday(!!!), and monday by posting nasty posts on gym criticizing people for their heinous evil actions that take away from the quality of the human race. You guys have a lot to speak for =D
 
I've been hating the more recent and subtle nuisance -

"Would have" -> "Would've" -> "Would of"

It doesn't even make any sense to use "of" there! - .-'

(note: this also extends to "could of" and "should of")
 
I, myself am homeschooled too. Homeschoolers play Pokemon cuz you can go to league, and meet friends where you couldn't at home. A great way to meet people, and something to do whne you're ahead of school.

on topic: I make the common misspellings to, cuz I suck at spelling. I don't take the time to make every word perfect.
 
Marril said:
This is grade school stuff here. You don't have to be a "star student" to use your own language fluently.
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Ever heard of sarcasim? I mean't not everyone has the smarts to know this stuff. Some people are just BAD at spelling. It something some people are born with and have to live with.

Hot_Carl said:
I'm homeschooled too. You spelled Grammar and Curriculum wrong. Ironically, you spelled Grammar correctly when you were misspelling intentionally. :[
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I never claimed to be a star speller or good at Grammar or any of that. I do seem to get by though. Grammar and curriculum are things that I never really cared whether I spelled right or not.

Homeschooling has nothing to do with playing pokemon. If anything it might hender some people from it. I cannot name very many people here who are homeschooled so the idea of homeschoolers being attracted to playing pokemon or pokemon players being homeschoolers is irrelevant considering the ratio of public schoolers to homeschoolers here. Where I come from homeschoolers are almost envyed. they thing that its all easy. Believe me you feel really conspicuous when walkin into a fast food resturant(which I probably spelled wrong) during school hours.
 
Heh, illegal immigrants get such crap for not knowing our language, and yet there's those of us are are citizens who can't write it either. Just an ironic observation.
 
I mean't not everyone has the smarts to know this stuff. Some people are just BAD at spelling. It something some people are born with and have to live with.
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There is no "bad spelling" gene. Sorry to burst your bubble there.

By the way, "mean't" isn't a contraction, I believe the word you were looking for is "meant" - unless you were trying to contract, like, "mean not" which makes even less sense.

The whole point of the OP is that bad spelling and grammar are far too common and you yourself just made an incredibly pathetic error in your post that pretty much proved you didn't proofread or probably even care what you were writing at all.

It only takes a few seconds - maybe a minute tops for longer posts - to zip through and proofread...
 
Some people are dyslexic. I've met people who can speak intelligently, but cannot put pen to paper and have it come out coherently. It's not their fault. These people are definitely in the minority.

Some people are better with language than others. This is correct. However, this does not mean that there are those of perfectly normal intelligence who "cannot" use the proper homonym in a given situation. This is a case of "will not".
 
Marril said:
Some people are dyslexic. I\'ve met people who can speak intelligently, but cannot put pen to paper and have it come out coherently. It\'s not their fault. These people are definitely in the minority.

Some people are better with language than others. This is correct. However, this does not mean that there are those of perfectly normal intelligence who \"cannot\" use the proper homonym in a given situation. This is a case of \"will not\".
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once again, in a strange twist of events, i find myself 100% agreeing with marril
im a good public orator, but give me a sheet of paper and say write
ull get typos and spelling mistakes everywhere
 
Some people are dyslexic. I've met people who can speak intelligently, but cannot put pen to paper and have it come out coherently. It's not their fault. These people are definitely in the minority.
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Dyslexia is a different issue entirely and it's really not hard to tell if someone really has dyslexia. They'll make a lot more mistakes than a few commonly misused homonyms.

I mean, I have a highly dyslexic friend who never messes up those homonyms... but he screws a lot of other things up. Hahaha.
 
I know a dyslexic guy whose writing actually borders on comical, because it completely departs into the realms of non-sequitur half the time.

Like I said, some small minority of people cannot use proper grammar, but that's no excuse for such a high percentage of perfectly capable people to mix up extremely basic homonyms.
 
Ilu Matt! Apostrophe mistakes are what bug me the most.

"It's" means "it is."

"Its" means "belonging to it."

Adding an apostrophe does not make a word plural. For example, "1980's" means "1980 is," not "the 1980s."

"Mean't" made me laugh. A lot.

:D
 
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