Free Spelling Lesson

[Avery]

Discrete means "discreet"Oui -NON "

En anglais, NON!

discreet = confidential or tactful; discrete = separate or distinct

"Discrète" in French = "discreet" in English, though.

Aren't you glad you asked?

 

[Chantal]

Well I am discreet...That I know.....I feel like a "robote" se soir there is so much to language it's wonderful espescially the language of "Love"OUi-OUI""

 

[schizo_man]

me did have good grammer, but she done been dead now fer nigh on 6 years.

 

[Kev]

Many.........i say MANY of PERBs members 'first language' is not English.

Lets not jump down their throat with spelling errors. They're only trying to contribute to a discussion.

 

[schizo_man]

Word! what he said!

 

[crossed fingers]

who gives a flying fuck? i'm a perfectionist who can't stand to see personal mistakes without correcting myself but until you see me in a classroom teaching five year olds that 'a' is for apple? i'm not going to come down on somebody for not having a borderline obsessive dedication to the english language. as long as a person gets their point across and i understand what they're getting at it makes no difference to me whether they have a degree in linguistics, took a minute to run their choice of words through dictionary.com or write like an elementary school drop-out, since it's what they feel and believe that matters.

 

[mick_eight]

all u perfect ppl must go tro a lot of tp

 

[wolverine]

Most of the language Nazis who nitpick what other people say or write usually have nothing better to do with their lives anyway.

 

[Chantal]

I can understand a journalist or a column writter to correct grammar and spelling but I must agree you must have a lot of time on your hands to correct people.I do not mind it because I love to learn from my mistake...constructive critisism.....and that ok for me .....but I bet alot of people do not really care what other people think......

 

[schizo_man]

ummm......... I think you mean "and that's ok with me"..........

 

[WinnipegCharlie]

Just wanted to add my 2 cents to the subject. I am sure it would be very challenging to spell every word correctly, if your first language is not english. So I can understand spelling/grammar errors on those peoples' parts.

I also think that for some people english/grammar comes naturally or easily. I know that it does for me and I am thankful for that. I think that my voracious reading habits all through my childhood and until now have helped with that. Whenever I came across a word in a book that I didn't know the definition, I would look it up in the dictionary. Self teaching I suppose.

But to each his own. Carry on posting!!

xooxox
Charlie