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    Am I the only one that bad spelling bothers? I notice there's a vendor selling "Poraso" -- I wonder where he got it? Maybe it's like those intake manifolds you see all across the South -- Eldebrock... Just sets my teeth on edge, you might say.
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    Nope, your not the only won
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    It bothers me too. I am always correcting people with spelling and grammer. Sometimes people get annoyed with me. It bothers me here sometimes seeing flair tip instead of flare tip. When I see flair tip I think they are talking about the thin tipped markers used for writing.
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    You win 10 internets, Till!

    Quote Originally Posted by Prof. Moriarty View Post
    Nope, your not the only won
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    Quote Originally Posted by the_edski View Post
    You win 10 internets, Till!
    Score! I think I deserve a pint or two... or three... or until this happens
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    Quote Originally Posted by demaro View Post
    I am always correcting people with spelling and grammer.
    Aha!

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    Quote Originally Posted by demaro View Post
    It bothers me too. I am always correcting people with spelling and grammer.
    I think that backfired
    Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

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    It bugs me too. I'm not sure if that means I'm upholding higher communications standards or if I'm just pissed because something I'm good at is not valued by anyone else.

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    I can, sometimes, overlook the accidental spelling or grammar error. What drives me bonkers are the intentional ones. For instance, using "4" instead of "for", or "recommend me a ...". We have a sign at work that says "no smoking this area". Well, hell- I dont having rolling papers large enough to smoke the area.

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    Definately definitely bothers me....
    Life is pretty much taking things and putting them somewhere else....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Prof. Moriarty View Post
    I think that backfired
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    Quote Originally Posted by Clovis Man View Post
    Am I the only one that bad spelling bothers? I notice there's a vendor selling "Poraso" -- I wonder where he got it? Maybe it's like those intake manifolds you see all across the South -- Eldebrock... Just sets my teeth on edge, you might say.

    So, who's the vendor?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Clovis Man View Post
    Am I the only one that bad spelling bothers? I notice there's a vendor selling "Poraso" -- I wonder where he got it? Maybe it's like those intake manifolds you see all across the South -- Eldebrock... Just sets my teeth on edge, you might say.

    Maybe, but your punctuation and grammar are pretty lousy. "that bad spelling bothers"? Ellipsis followed by a capital letter? FOR SHAME SIR!
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    I think when people use their, there and they're in the wrong context, or then and than, it bothers me more than spelling errors. Spelling errors bother me as well though.

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    Orientated.

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    Hopefully you never have to read any of my posts. I am the worst speller in the world. I think I have some DNA mutation that disables me from being able to type 4 words without one of them being spelled incorrectly, it's so bad the spell checker in Mozilla has not idea what I'm talking about half the time. I also go back and modify and retype what I've written multiple times, and often what I've changed doesn't actually read the way it does in my mind.
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    There are (at least) two usage mistakes in the OP.
    I keep the Veg in Vegetal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by global_dev View Post
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    I laughed at the explanation for "definitely". That is one of the words that always slow me down. "If you put an 'A' in 'definitely', you're definitely..."- well, visit the link. I will never forget that one.

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    I can never seem to spell convenience correctly.
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