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: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sun May 9 11:01:50 2004

why not agree on:
mistake:  photo rat?e
misstake: photo rat?e d'une belle gonzesse qui m?ritait plus que ?a.

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> From: "Douglas M. Sharp" <DouglasMSharp@netscape.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 19:36:30 +0200
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] "Even us natives don't write English good"
> 
> 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.
>> 
>> -- 
>> brad daly   brad@bradbrad.com
>> http://www.bradbrad.com
>> 
>> What Would Bill Hicks Say?
>> 
>> "Poverty is the worst form of violence."
>>    --Mohandas Gandhi
>> 
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