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Post by billhammond on Jan 10, 2024 19:59:21 GMT -5
"Chose" is the past-tense spelling of the verb. "Choose" is the correct present-tense spelling.
And while I am whining, please note that the past-tense spelling of the verb "lead" is spelled "led," not "lead," the metal.
Drives me nuts, but I love you guys, regardless.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jan 10, 2024 20:03:37 GMT -5
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him think.
Mike
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Post by millring on Jan 10, 2024 20:17:10 GMT -5
You loose me when you go on these grammar jags.
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Post by Russell Letson on Jan 10, 2024 22:31:58 GMT -5
In my last review column, I led with the lede.
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Post by Dub on Jan 10, 2024 22:52:10 GMT -5
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him think. Mike <drink> You're thinking of the quote by Dorothy Parker when asked to use the word horticulture during a game of Can-You-Give-Me-A-Sentence?, as quoted in You Might as well Live by John Keats (1970). |
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Post by RickW on Jan 10, 2024 23:43:25 GMT -5
I’m dictating right into Scrivener now when I write, and it does all kinds of annoying things that I don’t always catch at the time. When you’re typing you’re thinking about them. When dictating, it tries to figure out from context, but not always. Council/counsel. Led/lead. And I cannot for the life me get it to spell “sighed.” It’s always side, and when I tell it to “correct that”, which should give me a list of alternative sound alikes, sighed is not in the list.
My favourite so far was that it couldn’t figure out “imp”, but it got “kitsune”, a Japanese spirit, without a problem. (Small digression there…. But we do that here.)
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Post by John B on Jan 11, 2024 5:54:49 GMT -5
I love that you care about precision and accuracy, Bill.
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Post by Cornflake on Jan 11, 2024 7:07:45 GMT -5
Rick, I always dictate text messages and sometimes emails and I know what you mean. Things would be much simpler if I were indifferent to errors.
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Post by howard lee on Jan 11, 2024 7:27:34 GMT -5
I love that you care about precision and accuracy, Bill.
I guess I'm just chopped liver? 😜
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Post by kbcolorado on Jan 11, 2024 7:34:42 GMT -5
Editor's are always changing what I write for no reason.
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Post by John B on Jan 11, 2024 8:50:24 GMT -5
I love that you care about precision and accuracy, Bill. I guess I'm just chopped liver? 😜 Yes, Howard, you are chopped liver, from a real NYC deli that also has bialys, bagels, lox (regular and nova), babkas, and whitefish salad. Served with good friends and family while we solve the Sunday crossword in a group while some nice tunes are playing in the background. (Upgrade those crackers. Ritz are fine, but...) |
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Post by drlj on Jan 11, 2024 10:27:21 GMT -5
Editor's are always changing what I write for no reason. Editors, for no reason, are always changing what I write. I spent 40 years editing the writing of 12-13 year old kids. You have not lived as an editor until you have read and corrected 150 “research” papers of 3-5 pages in length written by 7th graders. Often, though the rule was blue or black ink, they were written in pink, green, or even pencil. This was in the pre-computer/printer era. |
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Jan 11, 2024 10:32:11 GMT -5
Another example of education making people miserable.
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Post by drlj on Jan 11, 2024 10:43:27 GMT -5
40 years of editing is enough for me.
Write what you will, spell creatively, dangle them participles all over the place. Use whatever tense you want.
It’s not like it’s going to be graded and become part of your permanent record.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Jan 11, 2024 10:48:20 GMT -5
I used to go to church with a guy who was a Purdue graduate who constantly used the the phrase "I seen..." Made me want to saw him in half.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jan 11, 2024 11:39:50 GMT -5
I seen what you done there.
Mike
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Post by RickW on Jan 11, 2024 14:33:08 GMT -5
Rick, I always dictate text messages and sometimes emails and I know what you mean. Things would be much simpler if I were indifferent to errors. Middledottir often sends us text messages that are almost incomprehensible. It’s almost endearing.  |
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Post by John B on Jan 11, 2024 14:53:46 GMT -5
Rick, I always dictate text messages and sometimes emails and I know what you mean. Things would be much simpler if I were indifferent to errors. Middledottir often sends us text messages that are almost incomprehensible. It’s almost endearing. You misspelled "enraging." |
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Post by kenlarsson on Jan 11, 2024 14:55:07 GMT -5
Does this mean I have to go back, review and correct all my past posts?
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Post by Marshall on Jan 11, 2024 17:03:45 GMT -5
Youngsters, like Millennials and Gen Z text with abbreviations. They even email with them. "Wasted time and effort" they say to spell anything out.
The world is changing.
"Look up in the sky. Is that a comet coming our way?" said the T-Rex. **chuckle chuckle**
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