OT- When did Dual become Duel?

[Genetics]

I was just curious on this as I see so many threads saying duel whatevers. I personally think it would cool to have my fish spar off against one another. Well not the expensive guys but maybe the cheapos. I'm thinking damsel fish....

[itZme]

OMG don't get me started on the dumbing down of America LOL ... I see so many people interchanging the words "two, too and to" or "there, their and they're". We see lots of people with "fudges" under their tanks. You could spend the entire day just correcting grammar in one or two of the forums on reefcentral.

Oh BTW, my 12 yr old son has a spelling bee Wednesday at 6pm :D They gave the entire 7th and 8th grades a test with 20 words and the top 20 scorers are in the Bee.
I have been doing my best to slow the dumbing down at my house. :thumbsup:

[shawnz28]

here is a good watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE

[Kung]

I teach high school english. The things I have seen . . .

Kids like to write about the Salem Which Trails, where there was a wich hun't.

Sew, *** you can si, you aren't the only won who seize this tipe of thing, eye si it two. Does that make since?

Teenagers write in their own pigeon language.

[walmart]

I challenge you to a DUEL!

[ReefFreaks]

I prolly agree with all of you.

[Genetics]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11555805#post11555805 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by itZme
Oh BTW, my 12 yr old son has a spelling bee Wednesday at 6pm :D They gave the entire 7th and 8th grades a test with 20 words and the top 20 scorers are in the Bee.


Congrats! I remember those days.

Sew, *** you can si, you aren't the only won who seize this tipe of thing, eye si it two. Does that make since?

:lol: I si. English is an ever expanding language right? So who's to say this isn't the new english and what I'm typing will be considered ol' english? Personally, I won't do business with anyone that can't type the language. I think its saved me some time and money in the long run b/c I've never run into anyone shady that spells correctly.

challenge you to a DUEL!

It's on. Let me find my leather glove to smack you and make it official! What is the official dueling these days? DDR?:D

I prolly agree with all of you.

You prolly agree? Is that like.... can you borrow me some money?

[Buckeye1]

Text messaging has been the death of high school english. You'd be amazed at how many students try to turn in papers to me with words like cuz(because) and u(you).

[cl2ysta1]

yeah between text messaging and IM. its quicker to type in short english!


Hey what r u doing tmr?

[cl2ysta1]

Ive had to watch myself when writing papers b/c word doesnt always pick up the short type you put in. looks real stupid when someone else is reading it and you have a million mistakes

[icu2]

Don't forget IDK!!!

I get irritated when I see that.

[Buckeye1]

My wife(also a teacher) had a 7th grader turn in an assignment this week with the word peepal instead of people written on it. That was good for a laugh!

[Genetics]

Oh maybe he was thinking of ebay's peepal system...

[CWebHokie]

How about the difference between then and than? That one really irks me. Then shows reference to time and than is comparative. I see these mixed up all over the forum.

[Genetics]

Personally, I think these forums are better then most other webhosted forums.... :D

[Sloth]

I want to know when the words "sell" and "sale" became interchangeable. I want to puke every time I see something "for sell".

And "striped" is always spelled "stripped".

And thread subject lines are always showing posession instead of plural. But only in the subject lines. Ever notice that? "pictures of my zoandthid's". or "Check out my clam's"

waahhhhhh!

[Norm R]

And I thought I was the only one that felt this way. :D Most of my favorites are listed above.

[porky]

How about Axe(d) for Ask(ed)? Nothing like Axing your friend...
And Eckspecially is not a word!!!

[jh2pizza]

After I posted my Ballast for sale. I looked at it and thought, you know what, it just doesn't look correct! then I posted it on CORAs site and it hit me what was wrong.

I admit it, I did it.

[hollback]

Hmmm. So that's why no one is interested in my ballast.

[walmart]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11556802#post11556802 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by shawnz28
here is a good watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE
That was funny!

I don't always like to type formally, because I am just lazy sometimes.

[lakee911]

That's an awesome video!

[Apercula]

I find myself typing prolly occasionally and it drives me nuts, because then I have to go back and fix it. I dont even say it that way which makes it even worse.

[lakee911]

I think that "dunno" is popular too. I dunno why either...

[itZme]

Originally posted by itZme
Oh BTW, my 12 yr old son has a spelling bee Wednesday at 6pm They gave the entire 7th and 8th grades a test with 20 words and the top 20 scorers are in the Bee.

Originally posted by Genetics
Congrats! I remember those days.
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Thanks! He got bumped in the 5th round tonight. Out of 20 kids only 12 even showed up. They went 3 rounds without missing a word then started dropping out quickly as the words increased in difficulty. His word was, "precipitate". He got in a hurry and accidentally used an "S" instead of the "C". Oh well, I was glad he even got up there and at least he didn't get bumped on the word "school" like the first kid did :)

My 14 yr old daughter won it for the whole elementary school when she was in 3rd grade but the competition gets more fierce every year.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11558191#post11558191 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sloth
And "striped" is always spelled "stripped".

And thread subject lines are always showing posession instead of plural. But only in the subject lines. Ever notice that? "pictures of my zoandthid's". or "Check out my clam's"

waahhhhhh!

Sloth, that is one of the things that bothers me the most. I see so many people with aquarium's for sale or "frag's" or, on mailboxes, I see where people write "The Smith's" for the plural of Smith. I always think, "OK the Smith's what... mailbox?" Doesn't anyone remember that the apostrophe shows possession?

Does it bother anyone else that an entire ad campaign is built around the improper use of the question "Where are you?". It's Boost mobile and the ad is "Where you at?". Uhhhh, last time I checked we shouldn't add a preposition at the end of a sentence and the "at" is totally unnecessary since the question they are AXing is, "Where are you?" with the "Where" and "are" being made into a contraction. (without the use of an apostrophe I might add)

One last thing to whine about for tonight. How many times do I have to see "Green Slimmer" frags for sale? Slime only has one "M"

:D
-- Kevin

[cowcio]

I think we need to double the pay of all high school teachers. I'd be giving lashings after the first week.

[lakee911]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11564576#post11564576 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by itZme
Originally posted by itZme
Sloth, that is one of the things that bothers me the most. I see so many people with aquarium's for sale or "frag's" or, on mailboxes, I see where people write "The Smith's" for the plural of Smith. I always think, "OK the Smith's what... mailbox?" Doesn't anyone remember that the apostrophe shows possession?

Is that really wrong? I would take it be like, ''The Smith's place'' and place is implied. It's kind of like, "I'm going down to the Smith's." What if there was only one guy there, it's still Smith's house, no? What do others think?

Jason

[porky]

I tend to agree with you on this one Jason. I think that the apostrophe implies ownership, thus The Smith's implies that this is the home of the Smith family.
I think if it was just The Smiths it could mean that there are a bunch of people in the house named Smith... No?

[Buckeye1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11564638#post11564638 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cowcio
I think we need to double the pay of all high school teachers.

I agree 100% ;)

[itZme]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11564962#post11564962 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lakee911
Is that really wrong? I would take it be like, ''The Smith's place'' and place is implied. It's kind of like, "I'm going down to the Smith's." What if there was only one guy there, it's still Smith's house, no? What do others think?

Jason

If you said "I'm going down to the Smith's." that would be incorrect because you are using the PLURAL of Smith. You would be going to the Smiths. If you said "I'm going to the Smith's house, the Smith's barn, the Smith's pond" etc... that would be correct because the apostrophe shows possession of the item following the name Smith. The original thing I was talking about is on a mailbox or a sign outside that says "The Smith's". I have seen signs that say "The Smith's" with a list below that said "John, Mary, Fred and Julie". This is where you are trying to say there are multiple Smiths living here not that the sign belongs to the Smith family so the apostrophe is not correct. It is like someone adding an apostrophe just because the word is being made plural such as "one dog" compared to "two dog's" where it is totally incorrect to use the apostrophe unless you meant the dog's teeth or the dog's collar. :)

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11565455#post11565455 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by porky
I think that the apostrophe implies ownership...
I think if it was just The Smiths it could mean that there are a bunch of people in the house named Smith... No?

Porky, exactly my point. If you are talking about a house belonging to the Smith family and you say "the Smiths live here" there is no apostrophe. If you say "this is the Smith's house" you would need one.

I'm not out to correct anyone that wants to use it incorrectly just wanted to whine and complain since that seemed to be the theme of the thread :D

How about this one. Speaking of a decade you do not need an apostrophe such as "back in the 50s" since it is just plural "fifties" but I see it used all the time like "I love the 80's" (http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/i_love_the_80s/series.jhtml)

[newsalt1]

Geeze Kevin the 80's?
or is it jeeze
or just g's
oh no apostrophe
apostrophy no no thats not it
let's do this
Shucks Kevin the 80's?
LOL we all have to much time on our hands

[itZme]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11580009#post11580009 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by newsalt1
Geeze Kevin the 80's?
or is it jeeze
or just g's
oh no apostrophe
apostrophy no no thats not it
let's do this
Shucks Kevin the 80's?
LOL we all have to much time on our hands

Wow Ron, you must be really bored to be on CORAs forum AND make a post. I haven't seen you posting for months. It's nice to see you still around. By the way how were things back in the 40s and 50s? :lol:

[Reefdiver72]

Would it be better to say the Smith residence. I know I am not the best when it comes to typing things out on here but a lot of the spelling errors are from the spell checker try the dual or duel in it if you happen to hit a letter wrong its not like it knows the right word to put in for you. We rely way to much on automation.

[newsalt1]

two wars, and the birth of 80 million of us!

[porky]

:lol:
Hi Ron :wave:

[lakee911]

I disagree about the, "Going to the Smith's." That's ok though. We'll agree to disagree. :)

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11572348#post11572348 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by itZme

How about this one. Speaking of a decade you do not need an apostrophe such as "back in the 50s" since it is just plural "fifties" but I see it used all the time like "I love the 80's" (http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/i_love_the_80s/series.jhtml)

Actually, it should be "back in the '50s" or "I love the '80s." :eek1:

Jason

[newsalt1]

Hi Porky!

if an ' shows possession it's ok Kevin can own the 80s

Lol

old farts rule lol

[shawnz28]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11572348#post11572348 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by itZme
If you said "I'm going down to the Smith's." that would be incorrect because you are using the PLURAL of Smith. You would be going to the Smiths. If you said "I'm going to the Smith's house, the Smith's barn, the Smith's pond" etc... that would be correct because the apostrophe shows possession of the item following the name Smith. The original thing I was talking about is on a mailbox or a sign outside that says "The Smith's". I have seen signs that say "The Smith's" with a list below that said "John, Mary, Fred and Julie". This is where you are trying to say there are multiple Smiths living here not that the sign belongs to the Smith family so the apostrophe is not correct. It is like someone adding an apostrophe just because the word is being made plural such as "one dog" compared to "two dog's" where it is totally incorrect to use the apostrophe unless you meant the dog's teeth or the dog's collar. :)

Porky, exactly my point. If you are talking about a house belonging to the Smith family and you say "the Smiths live here" there is no apostrophe. If you say "this is the Smith's house" you would need one.

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I think you are reminding me why i prefered math over english class LOL