Grammar Discussions

[coco50]

RECEIVERS S'ALE?



(Actually, having been to a DSE recently, a more accurate 'correction' would be RECEIVERS ''SALE'')

I get the irony of your "sale" in quotation marks. To set the record straight on the apostrophe, if there is one receiver, then it is:

RECEIVER'S SALE

More than one receiver:

RECEIVERS' SALE

 

[craven morehead]

Nuff (enough) said !!

 

[Julesmac]

I was having difficulty understanding a bit of a discussion between some folk (friends) on Facebook. All about 'options'. Continuing on I realised they were talking about those 'options' chaps who prescribe glasses. Ye Gods.

 

[anat0l]

I was having difficulty understanding a bit of a discussion between some folk (friends) on Facebook. All about 'options'. Continuing on I realised they were talking about those 'options' chaps who prescribe glasses. Ye Gods.

If you didn't know how to spell "optician", I guess an autocorrect suggestion might proffer "option" instead, which someone not knowing better would naively select.

 

[coco50]

If you didn't know how to spell "optician", I guess an autocorrect suggestion might proffer "option" instead, which someone not knowing better would naively select.

Autocorrect is for the lazy and uneducated. There is no substitute for a good dictionary. In fact, every household should have a good dictionary, a good atlas and a good recipe book. If you have these they can the be augmented by the Internet.

 

[Deleted member]

Predictive text is my enema !

 

[anat0l]

Autocorrect is for the lazy and uneducated. There is no substitute for a good dictionary. In fact, every household should have a good dictionary, a good atlas and a good recipe book. If you have these they can the be augmented by the Internet.

I like to use the explanation I found in a textbook once: "A word processor doesn't make someone good at writing; it allows a good writer to be even better. Just like a calculator doesn't make someone good at maths; it allows someone who is good at maths to be even better."

Autocorrect is similar. Autocorrect (similar to the days of when T9 entry was in fashion) allows one to achieve typing something faster. It doesn't make you a better typist, be it technically or semantically (i.e. the latter one, getting your message across and accurately). Blaming autocorrect instead of owning up to your mistake is ridiculous.

 

[Hvr]

Predictive text is my enema !

Not good if you're the suppository of all wisdom.

 

[get me outta here]

Oh, that brings back unpleasant memories.

Not good if you're the suppository of all wisdom.

 

[Julesmac]

I like to use the explanation I found in a textbook once: "A word processor doesn't make someone good at writing; it allows a good writer to be even better. Just like a calculator doesn't make someone good at maths; it allows someone who is good at maths to be even better."

Autocorrect is similar. Autocorrect (similar to the days of when T9 entry was in fashion) allows one to achieve typing something faster. It doesn't make you a better typist, be it technically or semantically (i.e. the latter one, getting your message across and accurately). Blaming autocorrect instead of owning up to your mistake is ridiculous.

I had a huge blue with a fellow I worked with (who thought he was the duck's nuts of marketing) when I used my trusty highlighter to show where all the typo's were liberally scattered through the new, very expensive, glossy marketing brochure. Well, not just typos, there were plain straight out spelling mistakes but also errors of fact and of comprehension. He just kept repeating - well we used spellcheck so it's fine. Not even understanding there's US English spellcheck and English English spellcheck.

I, (or eye or aye) finally got my point across by (or bye, or bi) going through (or threw) the whole (or hole) brochure. Took me ages - but what fun. I won that round!!!

 

[anat0l]

I had a huge blue with a fellow I worked with (who thought he was the duck's nuts of marketing) when I used my trusty highlighter to show where all the typo's were liberally scattered through the new, very expensive, glossy marketing brochure. Well, not just typos, there were plain straight out spelling mistakes but also errors of fact and of comprehension. He just kept repeating - well we used spellcheck so it's fine. Not even understanding there's US English spellcheck and English English spellcheck.

I, (or eye or aye) finally got my point across by (or bye, or bi) going through (or threw) the whole (or hole) brochure. Took me ages - but what fun. I won that round!!!

Spell check and grammar check got "beaten out" of me in grade 9. Now I hardly rely on it. The red squiggle is great for picking up little errors here or there, but I manually proofread everything now and don't use the global spell checker.

I remember one company I worked for had automatically turned on (or built into the default forms) spell check for all email messages, which was run before an email was sent.

 

[coco50]

Spell check and grammar check got "beaten out" of me in grade 9. Now I hardly rely on it. The red squiggle is great for picking up little errors here or there, but I manually proofread everything now and don't use the global spell checker.

I remember one company I worked for had automatically turned on (or built into the default forms) spell check for all email messages, which was run before an email was sent.

I envy one so young that you had machines with spellcheck and grammar check in Grade 9. We had lined books and pencils and the teacher had a red pen. As a successful author I wholeheartedly endorse manual proofreading. Good for you!

 

[Warks]

Autocorrect is for the lazy and uneducated. There is no substitute for a good dictionary. In fact, every household should have a good dictionary, a good atlas and a good recipe book. If you have these they can the be augmented by the Internet.

Defiantly!

 

[Pushka]

Defiantly!

That is one of those words I always struggle with. Definitely. Definately.

 

[andye]

That is one of those words I always struggle with. Definitely. Definately.

Definitely is like definition (all i's, no a's)

 

[Deleted member]

Not good if you're the suppository of all wisdom.

Or not ... Persay.

 

[Warks]

That is one of those words I always struggle with. Definitely. Definately.

It has the same root as finite and infinite thus the 'i'.

When you see 'defiantly' in a FB post or forum post it's obvious that they've typed 'definately' and it's been autocorrected to 'defiantly'. If the autocorrect function was smart it would know that someone who struggles with spelling 'definitely' is not going to use the word 'defiantly' in a sentence. (present company excepted...)

 

[medhead]

Autocorrect is for the lazy and uneducated. There is no substitute for a good dictionary. In fact, every household should have a good dictionary, a good atlas and a good recipe book. If you have these they can the be augmented by the Internet.

Indeed

I like to use the explanation I found in a textbook once: "A word processor doesn't make someone good at writing; it allows a good writer to be even better. Just like a calculator doesn't make someone good at maths; it allows someone who is good at maths to be even better."

Autocorrect is similar. Autocorrect (similar to the days of when T9 entry was in fashion) allows one to achieve typing something faster. It doesn't make you a better typist, be it technically or semantically (i.e. the latter one, getting your message across and accurately). Blaming autocorrect instead of owning up to your mistake is ridiculous.

when I know I've typed in the correct letters and then go back to see an entirely different word, a completely different word. I feel blaming autocorrect is perfectly reasonable. Autocorrect is extremely useful for when I don't know how to spell a word unless I see it.

Spell check is great for highlighting things that I need to make a positive decision about. A useful tool, but also extremely frustrating with words like staff (employees) that is mostly plural, but spell check thinks it is singular.
Proof reading is the hardest habit to develop.

 

[get me outta here]

Now I understand why I see so many references to, "staffs" in reviews and things.

I got a business message today that instead of referring to a visit they had, it said "idiot". But, as I also have trouble with auto correct, especially when dictating, I thought it quite amusing. They were worried that I'd been insulted. I must also proof read and try not write without my reading glasses.

Indeed



when I know I've typed in the correct letters and then go back to see an entirely different word, a completely different word. I feel blaming autocorrect is perfectly reasonable. Autocorrect is extremely useful for when I don't know how to spell a word unless I see it.

Spell check is great for highlighting things that I need to make a positive decision about. A useful tool, but also extremely frustrating with words like staff (employees) that is mostly plural, but spell check thinks it is singular.
Proof reading is the hardest habit to develop.

 

[GarrettM]

Autocorrect is for the lazy and uneducated. There is no substitute for a good dictionary. In fact, every household should have a good dictionary, a good atlas and a good recipe book. If you have these they can the be augmented by the Internet.

Definitely agree about the dictionary part. I have a 1963 Webster's Dictionary left to me by a deceased uncle almost 30 years ago. I was eight at the time from memory. As a spelling tool it's not ideal obviously. At work we exclusively refer to Macquarie. But my WD is pretty awesome still. Illustrations. Details of historic US figures and dates. And it lists all US Presidents, ending with one John Fitzgerald Kennedy. So it's kind of special.

Not sure an atlas is as vital these days. You can get so much information about places online it's much more fun to look things up that way.