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Ten Words You Need to Stop Misspelling

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J-Mac:

I agree.
The other one that 'irks' me even more is Me  versus I
All through grade school the teachers were pounding into the students, "Mary and I go to the market".

Yet, today, I cringe when I hear a statement like, "At the party it will only be William and I"
Subject versus* Predicate.

-parkint (January 28, 2010, 11:49 AM)
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To be fair, I remember teachers who likened any usage of the words "...and me..." together at any time to committing a felony! I guess they felt that trying to distinguish correct usage from incorrect was hair-splitting to a degree that not many children would understand, so they just outlawed all uses.

Thanks!

Jim

zridling:
Besides common misspellings, perhaps the two biggest abuses online are the lack of apostrophes or their misuse. If you pay attention to such details, it will drive you mad.

zridling:
This author has a new one out on http://theoatmeal.com/ on semicolons.

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