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Originally Posted by rockdrummer
I think it's petty to point out grammer errors. I consider myself to be pretty decent at English and I constantly make grammer and spelling errors. Tha'ts why God invented the grammer and spell checkers. The funny thing is that when I run spell checkers I am making the same mistakes on the same words all the time. (That whole I before E except after C and sometimes Y rule always trips me up) You would think that I would learn by now.
Sorry for being off topic here. Just my two cents worth.
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And that is exactly why English is so difficult to learn from a phonetic basis. It is so inconsistent. Not to mention the ifs, and, or buts, in all of the rules of grammar. Just when yo think you know the rule, they add a "Except when" to the end of it!
BTW, while I am very careful in the professional writing that I do, I make plenty of mistakes when posting to a forum or sending a personal email!