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Old 05-21-2013, 06:10 PM
 
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Originally Posted by suzy_q2010 View Post
I suspect that English is not the writer's first language. I would give it a pass.
Ditto
The types of language mistakes in that post from Trulia make it very evident that the person posting it is not a native speaker of English.

Personally, I am much more tolerant of language mistakes from someone like that, as compared to people who were born in the US, but who can't seem to write coherently in their native language.


 
Old 05-21-2013, 06:11 PM
 
Location: The Jar
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I suspect that English is not the writer's first language. I would give it a pass.
I suspect you're right.
 
Old 05-21-2013, 07:21 PM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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According to Google's Ngram, in 1990, more than one percent of all editors allowed the misspelling "supercede" to go into print in published works, failing to correct it to "supersede".

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About 2% let the extra A in "bellweather" slip through.

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Old 05-22-2013, 06:29 AM
 
Location: S.E. US
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According to Google's Ngram, in 1990, more than one percent of all editors allowed the misspelling "supercede" to go into print in published works, failing to correct it to "supersede".

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About 2% let the extra A in "bellweather" slip through.

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There's an extra "A" in "bellweather"??

 
Old 05-22-2013, 10:09 AM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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There's an extra "A" in "bellweather"??

Yes. The correct spelling of "bellwether" has no A. A wether is a male sheep, and the one that leads the flock wears a bell.
 
Old 05-22-2013, 12:10 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Yes. The correct spelling of "bellwether" has no A. A wether is a male sheep, and the one that leads the flock wears a bell.
Wow, thank you! I learned something today.

I always wondered what the 'weather' had to do with that particular word. Never really bothered to go to a dictionary to look it up.
 
Old 05-22-2013, 12:28 PM
 
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From a member of CD:

"I'VE ,HEARD STORIES! NEVER RAN INTO!it.Most of us okies stay to are selfs.!!!!!!!!oklahoma is great! EDUCATED AND HUMBLED.IGNORANCE!NOT TOLERATED!stay where you are ,theres already to many people here with those issues!"
 
Old 05-22-2013, 03:32 PM
 
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Yes. The correct spelling of "bellwether" has no A. A wether is a male sheep, and the one that leads the flock wears a bell.
I know that.

You missed my point. Perhaps it is too obtuse. Sigh. If "bellweather" had an extra "A", it would be spelled "bellweaather." (You did say "extra A".)

 
Old 05-22-2013, 03:39 PM
 
Location: USA
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From a member of CD:

"I'VE ,HEARD STORIES! NEVER RAN INTO!it.Most of us okies stay to are selfs.!!!!!!!!oklahoma is great! EDUCATED AND HUMBLED.IGNORANCE!NOT TOLERATED!stay where you are ,theres already to many people here with those issues!"

Said like a true Okie!
 
Old 05-22-2013, 03:46 PM
 
Location: USA
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I know that.

You missed my point. Perhaps it is too obtuse. Sigh. If "bellweather" had an extra "A", it would be spelled "bellweaather." (You did say "extra A".)

But, southward bound, It's sooo much funnier that your point was missed. It was the best today. (Now, there will be a lengthy explanation of how it was stated correctly by the op and there were no mistakes.)
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