April 24, 201313 yr I blame my IPAD for misuse of words at times. It does it all by itself. I miss cursive writing. The keyboard killed cursive writing. Everything has been made "easier"; sometimes I'm not sure if it's progress or not. Show someone an analog watch and they may struggle to tell you what time is showing. My son - a successful English instructor at one of the most hallowed institutions of higher learning in the land - was nearly held back in kindergarten because he had difficulty tying his shoes. All his shoes had velcro instead of shoestrings and mcmama tried to give him a crash course in shoe-tying but her left-handedness was an impediment. Internet shorthand - and now texting shorthand - has rendered much modern communication nearly indecipherable to me.
April 24, 201313 yr This thread reminds me of the time my daughter (age 5 at the time) got into an argument with her Kindergarten teacher about the letter "C." She said that the letter "is really stupid" because "K" & "S" together can do what the "C" does. Smart child. She has a very valid point. My 4th grader struggles with reading and spelling, and the obnoxious "C" does not help!
April 24, 201313 yr English is insanely confusing. It's a wonder any of us ever have a clue what's going on.
April 24, 201313 yr English is insanely confusing. It's a wonder any of us ever have a clue what's going on. Couldn't agree more. Don't even get me started with that "i before e except after c" crap.
April 24, 201313 yr English is insanely confusing. It's a wonder any of us ever have a clue what's going on. Bough, rough, through, cough, though.
April 24, 201313 yr Couldn't agree more. Don't even get me started with that "i before e except after c" crap. The American Revolution was justified if for no other reason than the ridiculous spelling and usage rules the English brought here with them. We've done a good job of removing the superfluous "U" from words like "colour" and "endeavour" but we've goofed on others like pronouncing "herb" as "erb." We didn't cast off the phonetic chains of the English just to put on some French ones.
April 24, 201313 yr Here's another one I struggle with...when a person's first or last name ends with "s" & I'm trying to make it possessive. We're going over to the Jones' house for pizza. Is that right?
April 24, 201313 yr Couldn't agree more. Don't even get me started with that "i before e except after c" crap. Hard C or soft C? The only letter that is bipolar.
April 24, 201313 yr Hard C or soft C? The only letter that is bipolar. Maybe it has schizo-affective disorder.
April 24, 201313 yr Stop it. :lol2::lol2: If you're effective enough to effect a change in my behavior, perhaps you will eventually affect it.
April 24, 201313 yr Here's another one I struggle with...when a person's first or last name ends with "s" & I'm trying to make it possessive. We're going over to the Jones' house for pizza. Is that right? Oh now we're having some fun. Family names ending in "s" typically get an "-es" tacked on in order to pluralize. So... "We're going over to the Joneses' house for pizza." "The Stevenses are coming over for Maggie's birthday party."
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