Are grammar and spelling lost arts?

[TulsaJayhawk]

quote:Originally posted by Kiah

quote:Originally posted by TulsaMINI

Teaching grammar these days is a "loosing" battle.
[}:)]


Man, that one drives me crazy.

There's only one common mistake more annoying THEN that one.

Oh, I can think of one alot more common.

[papaspot]

quote:Originally posted by TulsaJayhawk

quote:Originally posted by Kiah

quote:Originally posted by TulsaMINI

Teaching grammar these days is a "loosing" battle.
[}:)]


Man, that one drives me crazy.

There's only one common mistake more annoying THEN that one.

Oh, I can think of one alot more common.

LOL! Their not too hard to come up with once you get started. [}:)]

[billintulsa]

So far this thread has kept me spell bound!

[papaspot]

quote:Originally posted by billintulsa

So far this thread has kept me spell bound!

Oh, good one! GOOD one! I give ya a 9.6 on that one. [}:)]

[PonderInc]

The real question is:
"Is the children learning?"

For the record, I'm a notoriously bad speller.  But I'm good at etymology.  Or is that entomology?  I forget.

[TulsaJayhawk]

quote:Originally posted by PonderInc

I'm good at etymology.  Or is that entomology?  I forget.

I would suppose that etymology-entomology would be the study of how words bug you.

[okieinla]

I could care less.  []

[sgrizzle]

After my daughter got a "Disney Princess" backpack with "Bonu  Handba " for christmas I finally broke down and called Lamar Outdoor advertising to get them to correct their Coca-Cola sign at Sheridan & the BA advertising "Godiva belgain blends ... with the tast of Godiva chocolate."

[tim huntzinger]

I am amazed at how extensively contractions are used by media professionals.  Contractions do not help grammar and language skills at all.  Forget trying to speak proper English, just try going one day without contracting one's words.

[sgrizzle]

Good article on newspaper typos:
http://www.texaspress.com/messenger/february04/webb0204.htm

[AMP]

Back when people had landlines it did not matter if you dialed or pushed additional numbers past the 7 digits.  

However, when using a cell phone if you press more than the 7 digits, or 10 including the area code, and hit SEND you may get a recorded message and not the desired connection you are attempting to reach.

Thus the missing letters.