Grammar police

[kari v]

"Problem with Your Input

We had a problem processing your entry:

 

* The singular is spelled "lens", while the plural is spelled "lenses". You

appear to have chosen something in between.

 

Please back up using your browser, correct it, and resubmit your entry."

 

 

Yes, I made a typo and spelled "lense". Is this feature really necessary? It

doesn't allow posting before correction, first time I've ever seen anything like

this.

[joshroot]

I don't see it as a big deal.

 

This is a left over bit from when Philip was running more of the day-to-day operations of photo.net. One of his pit peeves was people who couldn't be bothered to spell common photographic terms correctly. Given that I find the word "lense" annoying as well, it's not something I'm busting my butt to remove.

 

Just fix the spelling error and move on.

[steve m smith]

Learn to spell without a spell checker.

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Learn to use 'a lot' instead of 'alot' or 'allot'.

<BR>

Learn the correct use of apostrophes.

<BR>

Learn the difference between 'effect' and 'affect'.

<BR>

Learn the difference between 'lose' and 'loose'.

<BR>

I think that's most of them!

[JDMvW]

don't type in all-caps

 

 

DON'T TYPE WITHOUT CAPITALS AT ALL, unless you are a cockroach named archy.

[mike dixon]

Spelling is not the same thing as grammar. Just a friendly warning from the vocabulary police . . .

[tonmestrom]

I think this is rather funny although you have got make some allowances for those

of us for who English isn't the native language. And now I'm off to buy a new kamra.

[jeff_schraeder1]

Advise and advice

[Hector Javkin]

Please! Let's stop cataloguing all the common word errors in English. There's a <a href=" http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.txt">good site for that.</a>

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Incidentally, Josh, it's <i>pet peeves</i> not <i>pit peeves</i>. But I bet you were testing us to see if anybody giving spelling advice would catch it.

[colin carron]

And what is the problem with the word 'aperture'? Why does it get mangled so often?

[steve m smith]

My favourite (yes, <I>favourite</I>, I'm English) is <I>"Paypal excepted".</I>

[SCL]

Pretty funny. Occasionally I see something which is a laughable double entendre, but I don't find the minor programming corrections offensive. I'm just a clumsy typist.

[joshroot]

No, a "pit peeve" is much worse than a "pet peeve". You can keep a pet peeve in the house (assuming it can use a litterbox). The pit peeve requires 6 men and some stout chain to control. Which is why it's usually kept in a pit. Hence the name.

[link]

<i>One of his pit peeves was people who couldn't be bothered to spell common

photographic terms correctly.</i><p>

 

One of my pet peeves is someone writing "pit peeves" instead. Or is it really "pit peeves"

and I've had it wrong all these years?<P>:)

[michaelkh]

http://dionidium.com/2006/02/addicting

 

Great quote: 'I'm off on this rant because this type of mistake sufficiently rebukes

the oft-heard response to grammatical nit-picking: "c'mon, you know what I mean!"

The simple truth is that, well, maybe not.'

 

What it comes down to is this: the quality of any discussion forum is discernible

from the members' approach to grammar. If I see bad grammar/spelling from

someone for whom english is likely not a first language, or from someone who is

likely dyslexic (dyslectic!), I instinctively make allowances, but some of the rest is

just sad and lazy, I'm afraid.

 

To me it's as bad as Verizon Math: http://www.verizonmath.com/

[walter_degroot]

what causes me to grind my remaining teeth is 120mm film.

wow! I want such a camera, would it be roll film or a super-sized

70mm style cartridge.

 

we had the spelling police on another forum. The person had had a stroke.

and there was a personality change. of course the first 6 weeks after the stroke the same person posted in gobbletydegook (sp) and it was not mentioned.

 

I do search on canNon. soligAr, and lensE when looking for bargains.

sellers are sometimes clueless about words.

No matter what i search on all I find are those 99cent tripods. :-)

 

non-english speakers do VERY well. sometimes you can tell sometimes you can not. but if you actually talked to they it might be difficult,

[JAPster]

Another word the system catches you on is "florescent". You misspell that one, and the uploader makes you go back and fix it. In the 'early days' i found that pretty annoying.Now I'm used to it.

 

AP

[tonmestrom]

let's not forget atministraytors

[lex_jenkins]

Ewe kin right awl coins off none cents an past mustard wen eel them warts am spoiled correct lee.

[steve m smith]

As Walter states, <I>'non English speakers do very well'.</I> I expect he really

means non native English speakers as I expect they do speak English rather

well.<BR><BR>

My (and hopefully, others) comments should only apply to people who have

English as a primary language. Anyone who learns English as a secondary

language has my utmost respect and any odd spellings or grammatical errors in

this case should not be a problem. I hope anyone who has to listen to my

mangled efforts in French has similar understanding!

[Hector Javkin]

<i> ... a "pit peeve" is much worse than a "pet peeve". </i><p>

Then my pit peeve, in English used to desribe photography, is "lens flair" for

"lens flare." "Lens flair" has nothing to do with the properties of a lens. It

refers to a photographer who, for example, tosses a 200mm f/2 in the air a few

times with great flourish before mounting it on his camera. That's "lens flair."

[Hector Javkin]

And, BTW, that should have been "describe" not "desribe" in my post above.

[steve m smith]

It's always good to include a spelling mistake in a post complaining about spelling mistakes!

[michaelkh]

Lex, are you speaking Anguish Languish?

[JDMvW]

A little hint for

the wise and

devious:

 

When I was doing

administrative jobs

of various kinds in

a university setting

(where this really

works), I found that

if I wanted a motion

or resolution to

pass without much

tampering, it was

well to throw in a

spelling error or

two. Since every

college professor is

a "editor", someone

would triumphantly

pounce on the

misspelling, and

once any spelling or

grammatical errors

were fixed, the

motion would

normally pass

without any

discussion of its

merits. While this

usually won't work

for something really

controversial, it

prevents much of the

endless picking at

even the most

necessary and

agreed-upon

resolution.

 

I do sympathize with

those who have to

struggle with

English spelling

without having

"grown up with it".

Someday there just

has to be a reform.

 

I certainly find

that while I can

read German

reasonably well, I

have a terrible time

getting the genders

of nouns correct.

Even if your speech

is fairly idiomatic

otherwise, this is,

I find, a clear

indication to native

German speakers that

you aren't quite

there. On my most

recent visit to

Berlin, I decided to

just use whatever

gender popped into

my head.

Unfortunately, this

usually ended up

with the person I

was talking to

asking me which

language I actually

spoke...

[steve m smith]

<I>I decided to just use whatever gender popped into my head. Unfortunately, this usually ended up with the person I was talking to asking me which language I actually spoke...</i><br><br>

In spoken French if I'm not sure of the gender I try something half way between le and la. I don't think it convinces anyone though!