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Author Topic: "A lot" is two words Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 04-05-2009 08:19 PM                    Do you know how many times I see people post "alot" around here? A lot.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-05-2009 08:26 PM                     How about "to" instead of "too." I don't see "two" misused as much.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 04-05-2009 08:32 PM                        There's usually a comma before "too", too. Oh, and many people desperately need to learn how to spell "desperately". See that? Desperate. Most people seem to want to spell it with an A where the second E is. Only one A. Just one. That's it.  |  IP: Logged Greg Anderson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 766 From: Ogden Valley, Utah Registered: Nov 1999 posted 04-05-2009 08:44 PM                        A lot of folks also spell "quiet" online as "quite." And how about the unnecessary use of apostrophe's? I even see this in printed ad's when people are selling "new car's" and thing's like that. You'd think that people who produce advertisement's and/or sign's professionally would know better. But I'm especially annoyed when people abbreviate online, assuming that I know exactly what they mean whenever they refer to a movie as TWINE or STFC or LOTRTFOTR. I don't get it. Is it so hard to at least spell out ONE word from a title like that so that anyone outside of your own head can figure out what you mean? Lazy idiots -- er, I mean, lazy idiot's -- er, I mean, LI.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-05-2009 09:48 PM                     I get a little annoyed with spelling mistakes, especially when I make them. Web browsers like Firefox have a built-in spell checker, but they can't spot errors in context with words like "too" or "two." Sometimes typing errors can result a correctly spelled word, but not the word that was intended in the sentence. I had to backspace and correct "words" in a previous sentence because I typed too fast and spit out "worlds" instead. Proof-reading is important. The "edit" button is very handy afterward. I'm not very hip to chat-room style acronym gibberish -which is one reason I don't spend any time in chat rooms. I don't like text messaging on a cellular phone either. I use a mobile phone to speak to other people. If I wanted to type something I would have sent the person a note via e-mail. We can read whole words in forums like this, and whole words tend to work well in social networking sites like Facebook. It's a good thing web browsers support a limited number of typefaces. Try imagining someone setting their forum text in a typeface like Hollyweird. Or how about Brush Script in all capitals? It would happen.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 04-05-2009 10:20 PM                     What annoys the hell out of me are those people who will be asking you something over about 20 text messages. And to help them it takes LENGTHY responses! So after so many of these I just call them...but they won't answer the phone! They want to do it all over text messages. Ugh. No, I think I've got better things to do with my time than type one sentence via text when I could have said five verbally.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 04-05-2009 10:41 PM                  My pet peeve is the misuse of the word for the lamphouse/projector douser by calling it "dowser"...you know, as in looking for water using a "divining rod". UGH!  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-05-2009 10:43 PM                     I know Phil... I post alot around here . And eyve tried to cut back on my posts but withdrawl really gets ya quickly. NOw lets examine another word. TAke "sound" for example on the front page its spelled sond. WHo on earth would spell it like that?? DOesn't that sticky keyboard cap thing I have going really drive you nuts . Mark  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 04-06-2009 12:43 AM                        Let's not forget about definite and definitely. Do you guys see the letter A in there anywhere? No? That's because it's not supposed to be there! Learn your own language!  |  IP: Logged Jarret Chessell Master Film Handler Posts: 288 From: London, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jan 2009 posted 04-06-2009 01:04 AM                     Get a mac, it spell checks for you while you type. The only thing it doesn't do is sort out homonyms - My mac just helped me spell homonyms  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 04-06-2009 01:20 AM                        When it comes to informal things like Film-Tech and other on-line forums, I'm not overly particular about proper spelling and grammar - as long as the person makes sense. quote: Greg Anderson But I'm especially annoyed when people abbreviate online Text lingo is the one thing I can't stand! I can't even imagine what it's like for teachers having to grade papers full of text lingo. What bothers me even more is that it's becoming part of the spoken language. When I hear someone actually say "LOL" or "JK", I just want to slap them upside the head.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-06-2009 01:42 AM                        quote: Joe Redifer Let's not forget about definite and definitely. Joe beat me to this one...I think "definitely" is the most misspelled word in the entire Internet, not just on this forum - and tied with "basically" for the most overused word. I also hate texting. I think it's evil unless it's used for the most basic of messages. I'm currently watching a family member destroy her relationship because she and her boyfriend insist on texting each other all the time, and they keep misinterpreting what the other meant. Just pick up the and call, for Pete's sake. Then you have these idiot kids who are killing people by texting while they're driving.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 04-06-2009 01:54 AM                     quote: Jarret Chessell Get a mac, it spell checks for you while you type. So macs are for the lesser-educated?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 04-06-2009 02:32 AM                     quote: Mike Blakesley Just pick up the and call, for Pete's sake Odd is that the people I work for will not answer their cels, but when you text them, they answer immediately. I found out that that talking on the telly is wasting their precious time whereas doing the text is part of their multitasking chores. .... go figure.... Thus, I learned how to use my fingers on the cel keyboard and be fast at it. But, if you want to have fun with people who doesn't text, it drives them nuts since they hate it and just rather call. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Brian Michael Weidemann Expert cat molester Posts: 944 From: Costa Mesa, CA United States Registered: Feb 2004 posted 04-06-2009 06:52 AM                        I'm with Joe on "definitely". But there's a degree to which I'll probably forgive someone for spelling it "definatly", a degree which definitely DOES NOT extend to "prolly". Not spelling the word right is one thing, not knowing the word you're using is another! "Prolly"? Really? Ugh.  |  IP: Logged

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