Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/09

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Subject: [Leica] "Even us natives don't write English good"
From: DouglasMSharp at netscape.net (Douglas M. Sharp)
Date: Sun May 9 10:42:19 2004
References: <001b01c435cd$c287e430$7e6b0e44@newukolbqveo9i> <409E4413.3070709@Hemenway.com> <7F39B9AB-A1D5-11D8-9665-0050E42E6E0B@shaw.ca> <726240C4-A1D7-11D8-A7C3-0003930C1F28@bradbrad.com>

The one that sets my teeth on edge is, by now probably acceptable,   
collectible instead of collectable

I find this spelling terrible, or that too should probibly be spelt ( 
spelled dammit) terrable.
Douglas

brad daly schrieb:

>
> On May 9, 2004, at 11:25 AM, John Collier wrote:
>
>> Or the use of decimated to imply reduced to a tenth rather than the 
>> correct meaning of reduced by a tenth.
>
>
> this used to bug me to death, as well.  but i've come to accept that 
> "decimated" has been used often enough in the new way that it's now an 
> acceptable definition.
>
> the you're/your and its/it's thing bothers me as well, especially when 
> i'm the guilty party, but i think this is most often a typo rather 
> than an ignorant mistake.  nearly everyone knows the difference, but, 
> when typing, we frequently type the wrong word.
>
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Replies: Reply from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] "Even us natives don't write English good")
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