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Aug 24, 2009 | 03:46 PM

#11

S2020

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Originally Posted by CKit,Aug 24 2009, 02:46 PM

It seems like every thread has high school or college kids using terrible grammar.

That's fine.

There is also terrible spelling.

That's fine.

But the thing that I'm

about is the complete misuse of words. Like BREAK vs. BRAKE. Or HEAL vs. HEEL.

It's not laziness, since the number of characters is the same. Is it really just lack of vocabulary? Can you really get out of high school or be in college and not know the difference between BRAKING and BREAKING?

Just my

of the day. Carry on.

yeah what's up with misspelling acronyms?

what's EKG?? what's "K"? It's ECG!!!!

If I hear another person says "preop EKG", I'm going to lose it!

Aug 24, 2009 | 03:50 PM

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Swift GT

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Hey, I'm in high school... guess I'm the exception then.

Aug 24, 2009 | 04:15 PM

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magician

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[QUOTE=S2020,Aug 24 2009, 03:46 PM]yeah what's up with misspelling acronyms?

what's EKG??

Aug 24, 2009 | 05:30 PM

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CKit

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[QUOTE=S2020,Aug 24 2009, 03:46 PM] what's EKG??

Aug 24, 2009 | 05:41 PM

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i'd been using snafu all this time and didn't know it was an acronym haha...thought it was just a regular word.

Aug 24, 2009 | 05:41 PM

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Enthralled

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CKit,Aug 24 2009, 03:46 PM

It seems like every thread has high school or college kids using terrible grammar.

Not everyone was born in the United States. Not everyone uses English as thier first language. Some people come to the United States when they are adults or soon to be, so they may have a weak vocabulary. As long as I understand what they are trying to say, it doesn't bother me much.