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[Elixir]

Plaid, of course. They unified the crowns, and Scotland got plaid.

Played looks right to me.
But by gramatic rules, it should be ...ied insted of y, right?
This is why I hate English and spelling. And am bad at it.

If that was correct, then delayed would be delaid, like if you didn’t get any last night.

 

[TV and credit cards]

Plaid, of course. They unified the crowns, and Scotland got plaid.

Played looks right to me.
But by gramatic rules, it should be ...ied insted of y, right?
This is why I hate English and spelling. And am bad at it.

If that was correct, then delayed would be delaid, like if you didn’t get any last night.

Or you performed so poorly she requested you be delaid.

 

[WAB]

Deleted. Grammar problems

 

[Politesse]

My apologies, I was indeed in jest, please forgive an old schoolmarm's eccentricities. "Played" is correct, though I agree that it looks funny.

 

[unapologetic]

When I care enough, I'll enter the sentence into Google and ask for a grammar check.

How does one ask for a grammar check?

 

[Elixir]

When I care enough, I'll enter the sentence into Google and ask for a grammar check.

How does one ask for a grammar check?

Send them a grammar invoice.

 

[unapologetic]

apologies

Apology - apologies
Somewhere I was taught that y should be ie when adding something. So I'm easily (easyly) confused. (I hate English, but it's the only language I know.)

 

[TV and credit cards]

When I care enough, I'll enter the sentence into Google and ask for a grammar check.

How does one ask for a grammar check?

Or save ChatGPT to your bookmarks (favorites) and type your question in normal conversation.

I asked, Do you perform grammar checks?

 

[Bomb#20]

Plaid, of course. They unified the crowns, and Scotland got plaid.

Played looks right to me.
But by gramatic rules, it should be ...ied insted of y, right?
This is why I hate English and spelling. And am bad at it.

Noam Chomsky says English spelling is optimal. But he's probably just sour graping over not being Gnome Chomski.

 

[Elixir]

Apoplexy
Apoplectic
Apoplecticity
Apoplecticisticality?

Noam Chomsky says English spelling is optimal.

Are you sure he didn’t say optional?
I think that’s it, by zecutive oarder.

 

[bilby]

The idea that there is a "right" way to spell in English is very recent; English has been around for about 1500 years, and Modern English for about 700, but the concept of correct spelling has only existed for about 150 years, and is yet another of those "ancient English traditions" the Victorians were so keen on that they invented them from scratch whenever they didn't exist, or didn't conform to 19th Century English moral, religious, and/or royalist ideas.

Shakespeare didn't give a rats ass (nor a rattes arse) about spelling; He was perfectly comfortable with spelling the same word in several different ways, and even extended that practice to the spelling of his own name.

A good part of modern English spelling and grammar stems from Victorian schoolmasters' desire to bully children, and seems to have no other reason to exist whatsoever.

 

[unapologetic]

The idea that there is a "right" way to spell in English is very recent; English has been around for about 1500 years, and Modern English for about 700, but the concept of correct spelling has only existed for about 150 years, and is yet another of those "ancient English traditions" the Victorians were so keen on that they invented them from scratch whenever they didn't exist, or didn't conform to 19th Century English moral, religious, and/or royalist ideas.

Shakespeare didn't give a rats ass (nor a rattes arse) about spelling; He was perfectly comfortable with spelling the same word in several different ways, and even extended that practice to the spelling of his own name.

A good part of modern English spelling and grammar stems from Victorian schoolmasters' desire to bully children, and seems to have no other reason to exist whatsoever.

Thanks.
Keep this in mind next time anyone here tries to correct me for my misspellings.

 

[bilby]

The idea that there is a "right" way to spell in English is very recent; English has been around for about 1500 years, and Modern English for about 700, but the concept of correct spelling has only existed for about 150 years, and is yet another of those "ancient English traditions" the Victorians were so keen on that they invented them from scratch whenever they didn't exist, or didn't conform to 19th Century English moral, religious, and/or royalist ideas.

Shakespeare didn't give a rats ass (nor a rattes arse) about spelling; He was perfectly comfortable with spelling the same word in several different ways, and even extended that practice to the spelling of his own name.

A good part of modern English spelling and grammar stems from Victorian schoolmasters' desire to bully children, and seems to have no other reason to exist whatsoever.

Thanks.
Keep this in mind next time anyone here tries to correct me for my misspellings.

* "mis-spellings"

 

[fta]

 

[GenesisNemesis]

 

[GenesisNemesis]

The idea that there is a "right" way to spell in English is very recent; English has been around for about 1500 years, and Modern English for about 700, but the concept of correct spelling has only existed for about 150 years, and is yet another of those "ancient English traditions" the Victorians were so keen on that they invented them from scratch whenever they didn't exist, or didn't conform to 19th Century English moral, religious, and/or royalist ideas.

Shakespeare didn't give a rats ass (nor a rattes arse) about spelling; He was perfectly comfortable with spelling the same word in several different ways, and even extended that practice to the spelling of his own name.

A good part of modern English spelling and grammar stems from Victorian schoolmasters' desire to bully children, and seems to have no other reason to exist whatsoever.

I will die on the hill that "could of" is stupid, though.

 

[ZiprHead]

 

[James Brown]

 

[unapologetic]

I will die on the hill that "could of" is stupid, though.

I must be a half-wit. When speaking I usualy use 'could of'. But when writing I use 'could have'. Unless I'm trying to sound convesational, then I use 'could of'. Besides "Coulda, woulda, shoulda." dosn't work with 'have'.

 

[TV and credit cards]

I will die on the hill that "could of" is stupid, though.

I must be a half-wit. When speaking I usualy use 'could have'. But when writing I use 'could have'. Unless I'm trying to sound convesational, then I use 'could have'. Besides "Coulda, woulda, shoulda." dosn't work with 'have'.

I remember an English Comp teacher’s first rule: “We do not write like we speak”.