Diana E

Grammar (not "grammer"), as has been suggested, is
most effectively learned by example through reading
and listening. In addition, it is useful to know the
basic terms, which can be found in any simple English
language text. I keep a GED study guide to refer to
as an outline of the basics in all major academic
areas.

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Namaste

Diana

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I kept looking at GrammER and thinking, I don't think that's correct, so I
glanced at one of the other emails and said, well, they spell it the same
so...
ROFLMAO!
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have
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Lilly

LOL Pick on me day!!!
Your right its Grammar! not grammer
Shame on me!
LOL
Let's see if we can find anymore mistakes.
LOL

hazel
--- ElissaJC@... wrote:
> I kept looking at GrammER and thinking, I don't
> think that's correct, so I
> glanced at one of the other emails and said, well,
> they spell it the same
> so...
> ROFLMAO!
> ~Elissa Cleaveland
> "It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern
> methods of instruction
> have
> not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of
> inquiry." A. Einstein
>
>
>
>


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Tia Leschke

>LOL Pick on me day!!!
>Your right its Grammar! not grammer
>Shame on me!
>LOL
>Let's see if we can find anymore mistakes.
>LOL

Ok, you asked for it. <G>
You're right, not your right. It's a contraction of you are.
It's needs an apostrophe, because it's a contraction of it is.
You got off easy that time. %^) (And actually it wasn't fair because
those are spelling mistakes.)
Tia

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Joseph Fuerst

***I don't know what you mean by
> "Logger talk" , but my son is always making up voices.
> Sometime I wonder if he remembers what his own voice
> is. LOL
> thanks again
> Hazel
Hazel,
maybe he's the next major cartoon voice-over guy. What's his name that
died recently....the guy who was porky pig and a bunch of voices?
Susan

Lilly

--- Joseph Fuerst <fuerst@...> wrote:
> ***I don't know what you mean by
> > "Logger talk" , but my son is always making up
> voices.
> > Sometime I wonder if he remembers what his own
> voice
> > is. LOL
> > thanks again
> > Hazel
> Hazel,
> maybe he's the next major cartoon voice-over guy.
> What's his name that
> died recently....the guy who was porky pig and a
> bunch of voices?
> Susan
>
> Susan,
I know who your talking about, but I can't remember
his name. It wouldn't phase me one bit. LOL
Hazel
>


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Well, as long as we are making corrections, the whole you're/your thing is
frequently a typo and not a grammar mistake, spell check won't pick it up
and most e-mail programs don't have a grammar check.

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tia Leschke" <leschke@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] grammar


>
> >LOL Pick on me day!!!
> >Your right its Grammar! not grammer
> >Shame on me!
> >LOL
> >Let's see if we can find anymore mistakes.
> >LOL
>
> Ok, you asked for it. <G>
> You're right, not your right. It's a contraction of you are.
> It's needs an apostrophe, because it's a contraction of it is.
> You got off easy that time. %^) (And actually it wasn't fair because
> those are spelling mistakes.)
> Tia
>
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Tia Leschke

>Well, as long as we are making corrections, the whole you're/your thing is
>frequently a typo and not a grammar mistake, spell check won't pick it up
>and most e-mail programs don't have a grammar check.

I find that hard to buy. I can see leaving out a letter sometimes, but
always the same letter and apostrophe? I pointed it out because so many
people on my homeschooling lists don't seem to know the difference. (Well,
I'd say many people don't know the difference. I see it on signs, letters
to the editor, even magazine articles sometimes.)
Tia

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Kolleen

>I find that hard to buy. I can see leaving out a letter sometimes, but
>always the same letter and apostrophe? I pointed it out because so many
>people on my homeschooling lists don't seem to know the difference. (Well,
>I'd say many people don't know the difference. I see it on signs, letters
>to the editor, even magazine articles sometimes.)
>Tia


Interesting Tia. I always thought it was a rushed typo sort of thing. I,
myself, am full of typos and bad grammar in my harried way of life.

I have noticed that the word - ad - and - add - get mixed up a lot on a
lot of the groups I'm on, and wasn't sure if it was common typo or if
people really didn't know the huge difference there.

k

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fulfillment and happiness. Just
because they're not on your road
doesn't mean they've gotten lost."
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Tia Leschke

>Interesting Tia. I always thought it was a rushed typo sort of thing. I,
>myself, am full of typos and bad grammar in my harried way of life.

I'd think that if the mistakes were random. But it seems to be the same
ones all the time.
People don't know the difference between to and too, its and it's, your and
you're. There are others that I see repeatedly, but I can't think of any
right now.


>I have noticed that the word - ad - and - add - get mixed up a lot on a
>lot of the groups I'm on, and wasn't sure if it was common typo or if
>people really didn't know the huge difference there.

I've seen that one, though not as often as the others I mentioned. I still
think that when the same mistake happens repeatedly, it's not just a matter
of the fingers finding the wrong keys.

I try to ignore it on lists, even homeschooling lists, <g> but it *really*
bothers me when I see letters that people have written to the editor about
a homeschooling issue. I know perfectly well that teachers do it too, but
I think we tend to get judged more harshly for it by the general public.
Tia


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Lisa Kim

I hear what you are saying. I know the difference well between all those words you cited yet I've noticed that when I'm typing, particularly in a hurry and I don't go back and proof my work, I often times will transpose here and hear and some of those others, too. Don't know why.

Lisa

----- Original Message -----
From: Tia Leschke
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 2:28 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] grammar

>Interesting Tia. I always thought it was a rushed typo sort of thing. I,
>myself, am full of typos and bad grammar in my harried way of life.

I'd think that if the mistakes were random. But it seems to be the same
ones all the time.
People don't know the difference between to and too, its and it's, your and
you're. There are others that I see repeatedly, but I can't think of any
right now.


>I have noticed that the word - ad - and - add - get mixed up a lot on a
>lot of the groups I'm on, and wasn't sure if it was common typo or if
>people really didn't know the huge difference there.

I've seen that one, though not as often as the others I mentioned. I still
think that when the same mistake happens repeatedly, it's not just a matter
of the fingers finding the wrong keys.

I try to ignore it on lists, even homeschooling lists, <g> but it *really*
bothers me when I see letters that people have written to the editor about
a homeschooling issue. I know perfectly well that teachers do it too, but
I think we tend to get judged more harshly for it by the general public.
Tia


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Eleanor Roosevelt
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leschke@...
On Vancouver Island






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Lynda

There, their; plane, plain; and the list goes on. As to the "to" and "too"
errors, the general concensus (that would be of folks in business &
journalism colleges) is that it is a typo not an incorrect useage of the
words. Folks simply don't add on the extra "o" or hit too many "o's" as
they rush through their typing.

With letters to the editor, unless you know that the newspaper in question
takes their letters to the editor straight from e-mail, then the errors are
not the fault of the writer but rather of the newspaper.

AND, if one really wants to find typo and grammar errors, if you have older
kidlets, cut them loose with a red pen and a newspaper a piece and tell them
to go for it. (Tell them as in a challenge to see how many errors they can
find, not as in a demand that they do something)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tia Leschke" <leschke@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 12:06 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] grammar


> >Interesting Tia. I always thought it was a rushed typo sort of thing. I,
> >myself, am full of typos and bad grammar in my harried way of life.
>
> I'd think that if the mistakes were random. But it seems to be the same
> ones all the time.
> People don't know the difference between to and too, its and it's, your
and
> you're. There are others that I see repeatedly, but I can't think of any
> right now.
>
>
> >I have noticed that the word - ad - and - add - get mixed up a lot on a
> >lot of the groups I'm on, and wasn't sure if it was common typo or if
> >people really didn't know the huge difference there.
>
> I've seen that one, though not as often as the others I mentioned. I
still
> think that when the same mistake happens repeatedly, it's not just a
matter
> of the fingers finding the wrong keys.
>
> I try to ignore it on lists, even homeschooling lists, <g> but it *really*
> bothers me when I see letters that people have written to the editor about
> a homeschooling issue. I know perfectly well that teachers do it too, but
> I think we tend to get judged more harshly for it by the general public.
> Tia
>
>
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Bonni Sollars

Lisa, I type words wrong that I very well know the differences of-like
to, too, two/your,you're/it's,its/ and other spelling words-both when I'm
tired and when I'm really engrossed in a subject rather than when I'm
trying to make an impression, like in a business letter. Maybe it's a
sign that I have to use some part of my conscious mind to differentiate
between them, or that my sub-conscious mind doesn't care about those
differences?
Bonni

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When I write in long hand, I rarely spell things wrong, flip letters, or
leave out apostrophes. But I do it all the time while typing.
I wonder why?
~Elissa Cleaveland
"It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction
have
not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein

zenmomma *

>>When I write in long hand, I rarely spell things wrong, flip letters, or
>>leave out apostrophes. But I do it all the time while typing.
I wonder why?>>

Speed.

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>>When I write in long hand, I rarely spell things wrong, flip letters, or
>>leave out apostrophes. But I do it all the time while typing.
I wonder why?>>

Speed.

Can't be. I can't type without looking at the keys, and not very fast. Maybe
it's that I'm not looking at the screen? Nope, I notice as I type that I can
catch mistakes. I think it may be because I learned to write by writing not
typing. The connection to the pen/pencil may have something to do with it.
I wonder if our children type more than write, will they experience this
while using a pen?
~Elissa Cleaveland
"It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction
have
not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein

Lynda

Back when typewriters were the norm and books had to be typeset, after
proofing large works such as encyclopedias were given to folks who did not
speak or read English to input because they would do it letter by letter
instead of seeing a word and then typing the word. The human brain is
inclined, particularly with typing, to take short cuts, or so the world's
fastest typist said in his seminars.

Lynda
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Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 4:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] grammar


> When I write in long hand, I rarely spell things wrong, flip letters, or
> leave out apostrophes. But I do it all the time while typing.
> I wonder why?
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In a message dated 10/24/2002 6:58:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
> She's relaxed in a lot of
> subjects, but she was always bad in grammar and math in school, and
> her kids have to do grammar and math several times a week. She
> figures that since she's sometimes unsure if she's making a
> grammatical error, that she needs to make sure her kids learn the
> right way through a curriculum rather than learn from her.

IDEALLY, in an unschooling world, SHE would learn the grammar (through a
curriculum or whatever---maybe asking someone who knows?) and then simply
speak and write correctly. The children would learn by example.

Kelly
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