I can't take it anymore. Part 2 (song, sentence, speech, quote)
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This thread is a continuation of https://www.city-data.com/forum/writi...e-anymore.html. The other thread simply grew too lengthy. It's still there for your viewing pleasure and this new thread is simply picking up where the other one left off.
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LOL - that's one I typed. It seems I'm also trying to add my own changes to the language. I even have a decent spell-checker, and it still got in there.
Here's another one which annoys me. Frequently, people write "everyday" when they mean "every day."
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LOL - that's one I typed. It seems I'm also trying to add my own changes to the language. I even have a decent spell-checker, and it still got in there.
I'm curious. Who's here? Are the majority of you retired English teachers, librarians, proofreaders, hobbyists?
My mom has a degree in education and has been en elementary school teacher many years. My dad has a B.A. in Divinity and a Master's in journalism, and has published a lot of poems and short stories. He's just submitted a pretty large book manuscript for publishing, full of philosophical and scientific insights and his own research, and it looks likely to be published. He turns 80 this year.
I'm a slacker. I have a few years of college, with no degree. Grade school was mostly at an international school in India.
I type goto instead of go to constantly. In my defense I am a old school software engineer and goto is a word when programming......
Recently I was also complaining about paid schills. Ignored that schill was even highlighted in read. Yes I know its shill, I have no idea where the c came from. Interestingly enough a google search for "paid schills" and "paid shills" has 10% of the results with the c.
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and this new thread is simply picking up where the other one left off. 
