Automation

William Ray Wing wrw at mac.com
Sat Nov 16 09:18:54 EST 2013


On Nov 16, 2013, at 1:17 AM, Larry Hudson <orgnut at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> 
> However, that's just a side comment.  I wanted to mention my personal peeve...
> 
> I notice it's surprisingly common for people who are native English-speakers to use 'to' in place of 'too' (to little, to late.), "your" in place of "you're" (Your an idiot!) and 'there' in place of 'their' (a foot in there mouth.)  There are similar mis-usages, of course, but those three seem to be the most common.
> 
> Now, I'm a 76-year-old curmudgeon and maybe overly sensitive, but I felt a need to vent a bit.
> 
>     -=- Larry -=-
> 

And my personal peeve -  using it's (contraction) when its (possessive) should have been used; occasionally vice-versa.

-Bill




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