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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts 
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On Dec 15, 2015, magicfish wrote: magicfish, I understand your confusion, but is easily explained. English is not written phonetically, yet people have the need to write what they hear, regardless of what they learned in school. "Could have" is, in everyday speech, "could'v". "Could'v" is phonetically identical to "could of", so people get confused. (To use IPA transcription: /kʊd hæv/ is usually pronounced as /kʊdəv/. ) No one (except Bill, maybe) actlually says, "could have", so the mistake is quite understandable. |
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magicfish Inner circle 7036 Posts
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It is not understandable to me because even though it may sound phonetically like "could of"
my grade 3 education and my memory of seeing the contraction written in the books I read allows me to write the correct, "could've". knife sounds phonetically like nife. But because of basic english literacy, I'm able to read and write and comprehend "knife". |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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Education isn't what it used to be, magicfish.
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts
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Apparently (at least, according to another forum I frequent, populated by ostensibly well-educated people), "goodluck" is now one word.
Sigh. |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts
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On Jan 2, 2016, stoneunhinged wrote: Nevertheless, "could of" makes no sense. Nobody (I hope!) would ever say, "could from". The problem, I think, is that people don't think about what they say (or write); it's reflex. (For the record, I do say, "could've", "would've", and "should've"; but I know what I'm eliding.) |
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Josh Riel Inner circle of hell 1995 Posts
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On May 26, 2007, Josh Riel wrote: That was like 9 years ago, I'm su8rprised I'm not dead... now what else about spelling?
Magic is doing improbable things with odd items that, under normal circumstances, would be unnessecary and quite often undesirable.
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts
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On Jan 29, 2016, S2000magician wrote: Not surprising, really. It's also a Christian name, as in Goodluck Jonathan, the former President of Nigeria. |
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George Ledo Magic Café Columnist SF Bay Area 3044 Posts
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I have to (want to) think this was an honest typo, but still...
On another forum, someone mentioned she was getting a teaching job in the United Arab Emeritus. The post didn't say it had been sent from a phone or pad, and it had a very long signature, so I'm guessing she didn't dictate it to a voice recognition system. This was a high school teacher with many years of experience.
That's our departed buddy Burt, aka The Great Burtini, doing his famous Cups and Mice routine
www.georgefledo.net Latest column: "Sorry about the photos in my posts here" |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts
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On Jul 7, 2016, George Ledo wrote: A prestigious little country, that one. |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts
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In my accounting classes, my students seem to have a very difficult time with:
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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Here's a spelling mistake I often make:
English: address German: Adresse Uh...that's the way I thkink it is. Maybe I'm wrong. Living nearly a quarter of a century with another language messes you up. |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts
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On Sep 4, 2017, stoneunhinged wrote: Not eszett? |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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No, not ß.
The rules have changed, Bill, and the ß isn't what it used to be. Adresse, not Adreße. |
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magicfish Inner circle 7036 Posts
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How are there people roaming the planet who don't know that the word 'than' exists. Even during a digital exchange when they are reading the word, they continue to use 'then'. It drives me crazy.
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Dynamike Eternal Order FullTimer 24148 Posts
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I beleive basicly people mispell becauze they are writeing to fast. I remeber thee other day I suprised myself what I misplelled in thee sentince I occured. People thougt I was a foriegner. Unfortunatly I realy embarassed myself. Tommorow the neccessary time from begining too end I will put in more time so I will acheive and bee succesful with my buisness.
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magicfish Inner circle 7036 Posts
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Another one that people get wrong a lot is "it's"
When it should be "its". The dog shook its head. The bear licked its wounds. The snake shed its skin. "It's" is not possessive but rather a contraction for "it is". If confused, think of How little sense it would make to say, "the snake shed it is skin". |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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Yeah, that's a confusing use of the apostrophe. The apostrophe indicates both genitives and contractions: but the word "it" needs to be both genitivized and contracted, so there is a problem.
Have we talked about dessert and desert? It, too, is confusing, and for good reason: the spelling rules we learned in school don't apply. Why not? I blame French. |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts
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On Jun 7, 2018, magicfish wrote: Or "it has". |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts
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On Jun 12, 2018, stoneunhinged wrote: In English, possessive pronouns haven't apostrophes. |
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magicfish Inner circle 7036 Posts
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On Jun 15, 2018, S2000magician wrote: Correct sir. |
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