General Memo to Off-Topic Board
General Memo to Off-Topic Board
Zola Q. LaPlaya
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/25/04
#0General Memo to Off-Topic Board
Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:18am
This is the way this word should look when you're done typing:
DEFINITELY
The word should not look like this: "definately."
Thank you.
Stop worrying about what I'm doing -- focus instead on what you're eating.
#1re: General Memo to Off-Topic Board
Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:46amYou know, it's just 'definite' with the 'ly' on the end. I don't see why people have so much trouble.
#2re: General Memo to Off-Topic Board
Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:56amthey should add a spell check feature to the board -- I know my fingers move faster thatn I like sometimes and I am certainly guilty of this -- ***Sorry***
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Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#3re: General Memo to Off-Topic Board
Posted: 8/30/04 at 9:16am
yes KMF you are, u just finished misspelling the word "that"....LOL
j/k
#4re: General Memo to Off-Topic Board
Posted: 8/30/04 at 11:07amZola- For a minute there I thought you needed me to take dicktation! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#5re: General Memo to Off-Topic Board
Posted: 8/30/04 at 11:38amAmen, Zola.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#6re: General Memo to Off-Topic Board
Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:01pm
Hey, we all make mistakes at times. I don't see anything wrong with that. But some people need to open their dictionaries.
I will "definately" remember how to spell that next time.
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SamIAm
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#7re: General Memo to Off-Topic Board
Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:34pm
Zola, give up. This word is consistently misspelled on both ATC and BW...along with quite a few other words, I might add.
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popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#8re: General Memo to Off-Topic Board
Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:36pmAnd not just there, either. It's on a lot more message boards that I have stumbled across, too. It drives me nuts.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
Zola Q. LaPlaya
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/25/04
#9re: General Memo to Off-Topic Board
Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:37pmI will NEVER give up.
Stop worrying about what I'm doing -- focus instead on what you're eating.
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#10re: General Memo to Off-Topic Board
Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:37pmAs well you shouldn't.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
Sunfish
Broadway Star Joined: 6/11/03
#11re: General Memo to Off-Topic Board
Posted: 8/30/04 at 2:31pmI have always been a reasonably good speller, and one of the reasons is that I read a lot as a kid. So even if I didn't learn the spelling rules (such as they are, in English) I instinctively "knew" when a word looked wrong, because I had seen it before in books. With the constant reinforcement of wrong spellings on message boards and chats, that subconscious edge is being lost. It is NOT ok to consistently spell a word incorrectly. Yes, we know what you mean, but that is not the point. The kids who don't bother to learn how to spell are going to find their career opportunities diminished because of the heavy reliance on computerized written communication, regardless of the field they choose. I'm convinced everyone here is intelligent, but frankly, it makes you LOOK stupid, and that's going to bite you in the future.
Zola Q. LaPlaya
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/25/04
#12re: General Memo to Off-Topic Board
Posted: 8/30/04 at 2:34pmYou go, Sunfish! You're exactly right. If you have a little child, or more likely if you're an aunt or uncle or godparent to a newborn, give them books and read to them.
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shesings
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/14/04
#13re: General Memo to Off-Topic Board
Posted: 8/30/04 at 2:37pmThanks for posting that. I actually can never remember how to correctly spell that word. My poor spelling bee champ days are far behind me! In any case I think this will be useful knowledge for me in the future. Hopefully I'll remember it now...
Sunfish
Broadway Star Joined: 6/11/03
#14re: General Memo to Off-Topic Board
Posted: 8/30/04 at 2:46pm
This list of frequently mis-spelled words showed up on one of my email lists some time ago. I printed it out and try to keep it close to my computer, although the chaos periodically interfers. It was actually compiled for English as a Second Language students, but it seems some of us need nearly as much help! Some of them are tricky....I know for years I could not spell "maintenance". Don't know why it eluded me. But I finally memorized it!!!
http://www.esldesk.com/esl-quizzes/misspelled-words/misspelled-words.htm
or
http://tinyurl.com/475rp
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