Skool sight

[Chrisbee]

My local techniclal school has closed, the pupils transfering to a nearby school. Recently a sign, about 20ft x 14ft, has appeared at the old school site saying "site aquiried for housing". I don't profess to be good at spelling but my business is not advertising signs. If it was I would make sure I spelt words correctly. Seems to me they should knock houses down to build more schools where spelling is taught.

 

[LMH]

Yes, I agree with you 100%. The ability to be able to spell correctly is becoming quite rare these days.

Lisa

 

[Auvergne]

What frustrates me is the misuse of the apostrophe, how many times to we see "potato's", "carrot's". I wonder what exactly it is they are selling that belongs to the potato or the carrot..?? It seems to be "if in doubt, chuck one in",drives me mad.

 

[LMH]

This one irritates me:

'puppy's' - people seem to use it a lot these days in particular in adverts such as:

'puppy's for sale'

'Potatoe' Valerie......... LOL!! (that's another one which annoyes me)

Lisa

 

[Thorpedo]

I don't disagree that people should be taught correctly and use correct grammar, punctuation and spelling. To a certain extent it could be argued that with spelling checkers etc nothing written via a computer should ever be wrong nowadays.

But spare a thought for people like me, I always had terrible trouble spelling, still do. I can't remember anyone teaching me about single or double apostrophise. Perhaps my teachers were just happy that I managed to get the spelling right without complicating things.

Hope I don't have to start applying for jobs because applications will really find me out.

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This post was compiled with the help of M.S. word spell checker.

I cannot be held responsible for any error's spelling or otherwise. ;o)