Comments on: They're language, its effecting me, two! http://justindow.com/2006/08/29/theyre-language-its-effecting-me/ Another day in the life of… well, me! Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:52:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Fred http://justindow.com/2006/08/29/theyre-language-its-effecting-me/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Fred Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:09:01 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2006/08/29/theyre-language-its-effecting-me/#comment-83 Another one: To insure vs. to ensure. Read today: There is a new bracelet for alcoholics "insuring 24/7 sobriety". Interesting, sobriety insurance? ;) Another one: To insure vs. to ensure. Read today: There is a new bracelet for alcoholics “insuring 24/7 sobriety”. Interesting, sobriety insurance? ;)

]]> By: jabba http://justindow.com/2006/08/29/theyre-language-its-effecting-me/comment-page-1/#comment-82 jabba Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:38:27 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2006/08/29/theyre-language-its-effecting-me/#comment-82 Yes, that makes me very happy! I am glad to know that at least one teacher will make the effort. :) I'm sure your students will be better off in life knowing the difference is in the details. Yes, that makes me very happy! I am glad to know that at least one teacher will make the effort. :) I’m sure your students will be better off in life knowing the difference is in the details.

]]> By: Karen http://justindow.com/2006/08/29/theyre-language-its-effecting-me/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Karen Thu, 07 Sep 2006 04:08:13 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2006/08/29/theyre-language-its-effecting-me/#comment-81 Oh Justin... you are so funny. Right now, I'm watching a Southern Comfort commercial... I know, very random. Being a linguistics minor, and English minor, I also find myself irritated when people make these kind of mistakes. Since I am going to be a 4th grade teacher this year, I will be sure to correct my students. Does that please you? I hope to ease your soul a little by having you know that there will be 28 4th graders under my guidance. :) Oh Justin… you are so funny. Right now, I’m watching a Southern Comfort commercial… I know, very random. Being a linguistics minor, and English minor, I also find myself irritated when people make these kind of mistakes. Since I am going to be a 4th grade teacher this year, I will be sure to correct my students. Does that please you? I hope to ease your soul a little by having you know that there will be 28 4th graders under my guidance. :)

]]> By: Fred http://justindow.com/2006/08/29/theyre-language-its-effecting-me/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Fred Wed, 06 Sep 2006 20:46:47 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2006/08/29/theyre-language-its-effecting-me/#comment-80 Another finding: In the source code of xscreensaver, pacman screensaver: * 25-Feb-2005: Added bonus dots. I am using a recursive back track algorithm to help the ghost find there way home. (...) I have to say, I am glad that the ghosts find "there" way home easily now. *aargh* Another finding: In the source code of xscreensaver, pacman screensaver:

* 25-Feb-2005: Added bonus dots. I am using a recursive back track algorithm to help the ghost find there way home. (…)

I have to say, I am glad that the ghosts find “there” way home easily now. *aargh*

]]> By: fadda mon http://justindow.com/2006/08/29/theyre-language-its-effecting-me/comment-page-1/#comment-79 fadda mon Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:15:04 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2006/08/29/theyre-language-its-effecting-me/#comment-79 I (also being heavily influenced by a foreign language) have trouble with commas. A simple rule, which is easy to remember, is that a comma is used before which but not before that. I.e. bla bla, which bla bla. And bla bla that bla bla. Also: people are referenced with "who" and things with "that" and such. I.e. bla bla people who bla bla. And bla bla computer that bla bla. I agree, the English language (German, zwei, eh zu, ach: I mean auch!) is undergoing rapid simplification in our time, which comes across to me as degradation, or simply poor English and poor German. Pretty sad, I think, when I can write better German than most of my German co-workers. (They do, of course, speak it better than I, but speaking is much more of a real-time thing than writing.) And today there is really no excuse for spelling errors - practically everything written is written with a computer, and practically every program has a spelling checker (or it is easy to cut and paste the text into a program with a spelling checker (NOT a "spell checker" - it has been a long time since I had a spell, let alone needed to check for one :-) I (also being heavily influenced by a foreign language) have trouble with commas. A simple rule, which is easy to remember, is that a comma is used before which but not before that. I.e. bla bla, which bla bla. And bla bla that bla bla. Also: people are referenced with “who” and things with “that” and such. I.e. bla bla people who bla bla. And bla bla computer that bla bla. I agree, the English language (German, zwei, eh zu, ach: I mean auch!) is undergoing rapid simplification in our time, which comes across to me as degradation, or simply poor English and poor German. Pretty sad, I think, when I can write better German than most of my German co-workers. (They do, of course, speak it better than I, but speaking is much more of a real-time thing than writing.) And today there is really no excuse for spelling errors – practically everything written is written with a computer, and practically every program has a spelling checker (or it is easy to cut and paste the text into a program with a spelling checker (NOT a “spell checker” – it has been a long time since I had a spell, let alone needed to check for one :-)

]]> By: Zach http://justindow.com/2006/08/29/theyre-language-its-effecting-me/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Zach Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:02:07 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2006/08/29/theyre-language-its-effecting-me/#comment-78 dein(e) du bist ihr(e) dort/da zu auch zwei Wirkung wirken there, I just fixed the problem there...I just fixed the problem dein(e)
du bist
ihr(e)
dort/da
zu
auch
zwei
Wirkung
wirken

there, I just fixed the problem

there…I just fixed the problem

]]> By: Fred http://justindow.com/2006/08/29/theyre-language-its-effecting-me/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Fred Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:03:02 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2006/08/29/theyre-language-its-effecting-me/#comment-77 Good way to remember if there has to be an apostrophe or not: If you can replace it by the long form (they are, or it is, respectively) then you use an apostrophe, otherwise don't. Not that hard, one might think. Good way to remember if there has to be an apostrophe or not: If you can replace it by the long form (they are, or it is, respectively) then you use an apostrophe, otherwise don’t.

Not that hard, one might think.

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