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Old 03-02-2006, 04:53 PM   #16 (permalink)
 
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AHHH! Ok now, it's Trooper's turn to read this thread .
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Old 04-04-2006, 08:44 PM   #17 (permalink)
 
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I thought it was spelt quiet for (near) silence and quite was for describing something, as in 'i was quite merry'.
Not to be picky or anything, but it is a post on grammer...
Spelt= Spelled
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Quiet: I was quite while passed out. (Silent) You mean quiet
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Old 04-06-2006, 06:49 AM   #18 (permalink)
 
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flammable: will burn
inflammable: synonym for flammable
nonflammable: doesn't burn
http://www.bartleby.com/64/C003/0126.html

Also, I used to think volatile was another term for flammable because I saw the two together on trucks. (I live near several oil refineries.) But volatile means that something vaporizes (changes to a gas) easily.
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Old 01-11-2007, 06:29 PM   #19 (permalink)
 
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I would like to point out that Firefox 2.0.0.1 has a built in spell check. It works quite well.
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Old 01-11-2007, 06:34 PM   #20 (permalink)
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So does paying attention in your high school english courses!
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Old 01-14-2007, 09:39 AM   #21 (permalink)
 
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flammable: will burn
inflammable: synonym for flammable
nonflammable: doesn't burn
http://www.bartleby.com/64/C003/0126.html

Also, I used to think volatile was another term for flammable because I saw the two together on trucks. (I live near several oil refineries.) But volatile means that something vaporizes (changes to a gas) easily.

Thanks for this! As a science teacher, this one has tripped me up before. Now I have to clarify to the kiddos....
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this is a test

oops, checking out the ieSpell and, well.... ahhhh..... IT WORKS!
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Tip: when in doubt, don't use the comma. I think people would rather see less of it then too much of it.
I know a lot of people who do this, and personally I blame the lazy Hoosier lexicon in which I'm immersed.

Then: at that time, after, in that case [I ran then walked. If you don't run, then you should.]
Than: comparison [I think people would rather see less of it than too much of it.]

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Looking at El Gringo's signature made me want to remind people about its/it's.
Its: possessive [...government should be afraid of its people.]
It's: it is [It's awesome to be a grammar Nazi!] How I do it: read the sentence again with 'it is' in its place if you want to use an apostrophe. If it doesn't make sense, change it.
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Muphry's Law:

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If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law
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Common errors in English: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

This is a great site for stuff like this. An example:
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Whether you are bailing out a rowboat or a bank, use the two-word spelling to describe the action of doing it (the verb form): “we need to bail out the boat before we can go fishing.”

But to label the activity itself (the noun form), use the one-word spelling: “this bailout is going to be expensive.”
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I think this qualifies as the one thing I learn new today. For the rest of the day, I'm shutting off my brain.
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