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Practise is spelled Practice.

#24
Joe Nerve said:
I blame it on my amp, it's got me all confused.

I actually thought it was spelled that way. I can spell irony. Ya gotta at least give me some points for not saying, "I meant to do that - for comedy sake". And for not deleting this thread. I will soon be the talkbass ass for a day, if not already. And I earned it.
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Mad props to you for takin' it like a man!

:D

(I'm sure I've either already been the TB ass for a day, or will so be ;) )
 
#25
Mr.QuakQuak said:
I thought 'an' is only used when a vowel follows it. The letter 's' is not a vowel ... I believe he used the proper grammar :)
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No! Wrong Sir! (Willy Wonka voice off). "an" s is correct. Using your logic, you would be incorrect when it comes to describing AN historical event.

Also, you believe he used "proper grammar" not "the proper grammar"!!!

Man, this thread is poetic justice!!! :D :D :D
 
#27
My problem is I have no patience for proofreading. I generally know how to spell and write but sometimes I'll type in a conversational tone and not be thinking and a "their" will slip in instead of "they're" or something. I know the correct usage but somehow it just finds its way in there. Usually I catch it but occasionally I don't. Just be aware that it's not always a case of not knowing proper usage.

brad cook
 
#29
A few off the top of my head....


You don't "loose" your car keys or a baseball game. "Loose" is the opposite of "tight". "Lose" is the opposite of "win" or "find".

Except for certain situations like abbreviations/acronyms, apostrophes aren't used for plurals. I hate it when people put an apostrophe before every trailing S! Like: "guitar's". They also aren't used for pronoun possessives: it's "yours" and "hers", no apostrophes. :scowl:

The past tense of "pay" is "paid", not "payed".
 
#32
DigMe said:
My problem is I have no patience for proofreading. I generally know how to spell and write but sometimes I'll type in a conversational tone and not be thinking and a "their" will slip in instead of "they're" or something. I know the correct usage but somehow it just finds its way in there. Usually I catch it but occasionally I don't. Just be aware that it's not always a case of not knowing proper usage.

brad cook
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+1, Also proof reading when responding to Non on TPA at 2 Am can get , shall we say "fuzzy"! Plus my pathetic typing skills do not help! And I don't mind when people correct me.

I DO MIND when people use said correction to somehow insinuate that my point is less valid, or not up to there "intellectual" standards. As if me forgetting high school grammar classes, which were a long time ago (we sat and read scrolls together in class), means I have no valid understanding of world events. Arrogance IMO
 
#36
burk48237 said:
I DO MIND when people use said correction to somehow insinuate that my point is less valid, or not up to there "intellectual" standards.
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it's um.... THEIR intellectual standards, Burk. I shall now ignore everything you say in the rest of this thread, as, clearly, you are an idiot. :) :)
 
#40
What does everyone think of those kind of contractions that are "country is"

Like, "Our country's in a sad place." (I use this as an example because I actually read that on something and it made me wonder and that is why I'm asking this in the first place.)

Shouldn't that be a possessive form of country? But isn't there also some kind of rule that makes it ok to use it that way, because there are people that say it that way?

I know these kind of contractions have a name and I think it's a big word that starts with "c" ...I just can't think of it.
 

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