The thing that used to get me in a twist was the apostrophe. I was comfortable with using it when contracting two words, but that was it. Any other time, I'd just pop one before the 's' at the end of a word if I didn't think it looked right without it.
I'm a little embarrassed to say it, but it was only a nine or ten years ago that I actually nailed the whole 'possessive' thing.
CP
On 7 Dec 2011, at 18:41, Steve Hullfish wrote:
> If she wasn't from an "educational" organization I would have let it ride.
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> My biggest peeve is mistaking "loosing" for "losing." It LOOKS like "loosing" is right since it rhymes with "choosing" which is spelled the same way, but "loosing" is when you let something go. "Losing" is what the Cubs do. (or pick your favorite slammable sports team) Also, their, there and they're. Or too, to and two. Anything that's not picked up by spellcheck.
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> Did anybody on the internet pass the third grade? Seriously, most of us are college graduates. It's truly pathetic.
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> Granted, I've slipped a few times myself in the heat of a rant...
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> Reminds me of a funny internet meme I saw that "fish" could be spelled "ghoti" in English because "gh" is the f sound, like "enough." O is the i sound like "women" and "ti" is the sh sound like "emotion."
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> Steve Hullfish
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> author: "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction"
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