Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Typos

Okay, I know I am not the worlds greatest linguist, and nor am I the worlds greatest typist. Combine those two facts and my instant messages, blogs, and e-mails are probably filled with all sorts of typographical errors. Understanding that I may sound like a hypocrite, I must exclaim how irritated I am at society for being horrible at English. Simple words that are commonly confused like two, too, and to. The one that set me off today was "Are bodies were not meant for that"! ARE? ARE? How about OUR!!!! What irritates me the most is that this is not something typed up quickly like an instant message (and even then, I would hope most of my friends would know the difference), I am reading a professional article. People are paid good money to make sure that these types of mistakes are not made and yet they go through. I am mostly saddened by the lack of quality in American work. Grammar and spell check has ruined us all.

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