I know the English language can be tough but I am begging here!!!

Edited August 17, 200817 yr by SickNTired
clarification

I catch any/all misspellings. It's just the kinda woman I am! :thumbup: How much it bothers me depends on my mood, but I really think adults should all know the difference between the "there/their/they're"s.

One thing that I see a lot of is people saying "all the sudden" when it's really "all of a sudden". I don't know, but that one never fails to make me shake my head.

Off corse this topik has bin don plinty of times befour!

How about this one: you LOSE weight until you clothes are LOOSE.

Seriously, I think that sometimes people are typing quickly and making innocent errors. I did say sometimes.

How about this one: you LOSE weight until you clothes are LOOSE.

Seriously, I think that sometimes people are typing quickly and making innocent errors. I did say sometimes.

Haha, I just noticed that.:mad2:

How about this one: you LOSE weight until you clothes are LOOSE.

Seriously, I think that sometimes people are typing quickly and making innocent errors. I did say sometimes.

haha - SHIT!

Edited August 18, 200817 yr by SickNTired

So anyway...

After being on this forum and two other weight-loss forums, I'm afraid "loose" for "lose" is almost starting to look normal. It's scary.

Another one that makes me nuts is less vs. fewer. "I will consume fewer calories than I did yesterday." "I have less energy than I did yesterday" or - "It took me fewer than 60 minutes; it took me less than an hour."

Gadget - I'm going to have to look this up to clarify. $10 says I say this wrong!! I love learning!

Edited August 18, 200817 yr by SickNTired

Sick: Why did you correct the typo that you made in your original post?

ha ha-sh&t

OK anyway...

Edited August 18, 200817 yr by SickNTired

Just a reminder, even though this is RNR, we attack the idea and not the person. If you want to attack each other, please take it to PM.

Just a reminder, even though this is RNR, we attack the idea and not the person. If you want to attack each other, please take it to PM.

Susan, I agree with you. We are not here for personal attacks. Period . I am embarrassed that I have been put in this situation. I am unsubscribing from this thread.

Just a reminder, even though this is RNR, we attack the idea and not the person. If you want to attack each other, please take it to PM.

Clearly, some people don't understand the written word. Calling someone "fat" on here is unbelievable.

Edited August 18, 200817 yr by SickNTired

And my 12 year old has just shown me how to change it, d'oh.

Hee. I was just about to post that you could change it until I read this.

After being on this forum and two other weight-loss forums, I'm afraid "loose" for "lose" is almost starting to look normal. It's scary.

Yeah, that's what bugs more than a few innocent typos. That I'll get used to all this bad grammar and spelling.

I'm not worried about the Gen Yers though. My spelling has improved DRAMATICALLY since I started using spell check. Now when I'm without it, I'm much more likely to catch a typo on my own.

Gadget - I'm going to have to look this up to clarify. $10 says I say this wrong!! I love learning!

I love learning, too. I've recently been thinking after my kids go off to college, I might go back to graduate school.

Most people say this one wrong, but it still drives me nuts. It's LESS if you're referring to a quantity or unit of one, and FEWER if you're referring to a quantity greater than one. So something will have FEWER calories but LESS fat. It will take FEWER than 7 days but LESS than a week.

The other one that everyone gets wrong and is EASY to figure out is the I/me thing. Just take out the other person you're referring to. He and (I/me) went to the park. I went to the park. Therefore he and I went to the park. The clerk gave the change to him and (I/me). The clerk gave the change to me. Therefore, the clerk gave the change to him and me.