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| From | Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: grammar (was Re: Automation) |
| Date | 2013-11-17 12:48 -0500 |
| Organization | IISS Elusive Unicorn |
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On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 21:44:26 -0600, Andrew Berg <robotsondrugs@gmail.com>
declaimed the following:
>On 2013.11.16 11:02, Paul Smith wrote:
>> The one that really irks me is people using "loose" when they mean
>> "lose". These words are not related, and they don't sound the same.
>> Plus this mistake is very common; I typically see it at least once a
>> day.
>Don't be surprised if such people pronounce them the same; a lot of such errors are caused by learning incorrect pronunciation.
>For example, people often write 'should of' because that is what they hear (and what they end up saying).
Though that can be explained as being an attempt at phonetically
transcribing the contraction "should've"...
"Here the shepherd's heir is collecting merino hair"
--
Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN
wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
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grammar (was Re: Automation) Paul Smith <paul@mad-scientist.net> - 2013-11-16 12:02 -0500
Re: grammar (was Re: Automation) Andrew Berg <robotsondrugs@gmail.com> - 2013-11-16 21:44 -0600
Re: grammar (was Re: Automation) MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-11-17 04:07 +0000
Re: grammar (was Re: Automation) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-17 15:16 +1100
Re: grammar (was Re: Automation) Andrew Berg <robotsondrugs@gmail.com> - 2013-11-16 22:34 -0600
Re: grammar (was Re: Automation) Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-17 12:48 -0500
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