Spelling Police....

EcclesCake | 12:21 Sat 14th Sep 2013 | ChatterBank

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I am not a fan of the spelling and grammar police who pick holes in posts. I am guilty of typos, spelling and grammatical errors as much as the next ABer; as long as the meaning is clear then I tend to let it go.

I've just seen a post on Facebook where a proud Mum has announced that her son has started his first job. Amongst all the congratulatory messages a family member has posted "Were so proud!" My immediate thought was " OMG, what has the young guy done to let you down so soon?" I then twigged........

It's amazing how a trivial typo can completely change the nature of the message!

Do you have any favourite typos?

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Jeza

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stewey

Sorry, Tilly2. I had had one too many hads following "Smith". This, I think is correct: "Where Smith had had “had”, Jones had had “had had”: “had had” had had great weight with the examiners." I told you that I just woke up:)

mccfluff

murph is on her way...

EcclesCake

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Oh sh!t where's the Kevlar........

ChillDoubt

My pet hate is when peoe type 'should of' or 'could of', when it's should/could HAVE.
I remember Robbie Savage doing it on a BBC thread. OK, he's your sterotypical thick-as-a-workhouse-buttie footballer, but we deserve better for our licence fee payment.

mushroom25

2 of my annoyances:-

those who misrepresent contractions, that is "might of" for might've, for might have - or should of, could of, etc.

and those who render the french "tout de suite" (meaning right away) as "toot sweet" - which should stay where it belongs in chitty chitty bang bang.

ChillDoubt

People even! 5 days without a laptop and having to do all my online stuff via my iPhone is wearing a bit thin!