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I don't hold out much hope for civilization...

by TimothyW
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I just saw this ad on LinkedIn.
This somehow made it through all the committees.

How is this possible? There are ONLY 16 WORDS in this ad.
One of them is a GLARING TYPO.

What can I say? -- Complete disbelief here.

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    ... English speaking civilization you might want to add.

    I won't be surprised if a few dozen smart-asses rush to correct this and say something like "Its should of be you're."
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    • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
      Originally Posted by HN View Post

      ... English speaking civilization you might want to add.

      I won't be surprised if a few dozen smart-asses rush to correct this and say something like "Its should of be you're."
      Its should of be you're.
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      • Profile picture of the author TimothyW
        Originally Posted by Richard Van View Post

        Its should of be you're.
        It should of bean you're.
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          Originally Posted by TimothyW View Post

          It should of bean you're.
          should of pea, not bean

          The English word pea, derives from Estonian pea (head). They have brains the size of a pea, so... And as always there's proof. Estonia has joined EU and Nato.

          Originally Posted by Rick Rodd View Post

          There's a study I read somewhere that some billboard advertisements intentionally misspell or "grammurder" their copy just so they get noticed and tweeted. I wonder if their just trolling on us.
          Yes, there trolling. No way are dont.
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        • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
          Originally Posted by TimothyW View Post

          It should of bean you're.
          Nah, I just cipy and pusted HN's pist.
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          • Profile picture of the author HeySal
            Originally Posted by Richard Van View Post

            Nah, I just cipy and pusted HN's pist.

            HN pist in here? Well make him clean it up. The mop is in the basement.
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          • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
            Originally Posted by Richard Van View Post

            Nah, I just cipy and pusted HN's pist.
            Makes a change from you always being pist
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            • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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              It isn't a "typo" at all.

              A "typo" is a typing error. This isn't. It's a grammatical error.

              If you type "tour" instead of "your", that's a "typo". Writing "your" instead of "you're" is just defective grammar.

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              • Profile picture of the author Rick Rodd
                Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

                It isn't a "typo" at all.

                A "typo" is a typing error. This isn't. It's a grammatical error.

                If you type "tour" instead of "your", that's a "typo". Writing "your" instead of "you're" is just defective grammar.

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                so much for fat fingers... or lazy fingers for that matter. cant even find the time to put an apostrophe am i ryt?
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              • Profile picture of the author TimothyW
                Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

                It isn't a "typo" at all.

                A "typo" is a typing error. This isn't. It's a grammatical error.

                If you type "tour" instead of "your", that's a "typo". Writing "your" instead of "you're" is just defective grammar.

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                Not where I'm from. If someone types something that's incorrect, that's a typo.
                If someone crashes their car because they were texting -- or if they steered left, instead of right -- it's still a "crash." Same twisted metal + broken glass.

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          Originally Posted by TimothyW View Post

          It should of bean you're.
          It should have been you're. lol
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          • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
            Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

            It should have been you're. lol
            Um, everyone's been doing it wrong on purpose after HN started it and I quoted him.

            Sorry.
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    Originally Posted by TimothyW View Post

    I just saw this ad on LinkedIn.
    This somehow made it through all the committees.

    How is this possible? There are ONLY 16 WORDS in this ad.
    One of them is a GLARING TYPO.

    What can I say? -- Complete disbelief here.

    -- TW
    wow.
    All them beheadings by ISIS, ebola running rampant, 4 jumbo jets down this year, numerous wars, bombings, so many school shootings etc and you're (yes, YOU'RE) bothered by this typo?
    Wow, just wow.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rick Rodd
    There's a study I read somewhere that some billboard advertisements intentionally misspell or "grammurder" their copy just so they get noticed and tweeted. I wonder if their just trolling on us.
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  • Profile picture of the author David Beroff
    Originally Posted by TimothyW View Post

    ...all the committees...
    Surely you jest.
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    Chit, yew gize hav gott it awl rong. It shood of bin yewer.

    Lurn tu spel rite.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    That was just twitter cutting off the rest of the sentence.

    It read "......your eligible status can turn our heads".

    140 is a stupid idea.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rick Rodd
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      That was just twitter cutting off the rest of the sentence.

      It read "......your eligible status can turn our heads".

      140 is a stupid idea.
      Yeah, there should be Twitter Pro, up to 420 characters. You're more profound and wise with that number.
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    Originally Posted by TimothyW View Post

    I don't hold out much hope for civilization...

    What can I say? -- Complete disbelief here.
    I'd forgive that in a heartbeat, make like water and just rock on..

    There's worse things to be surprised by.
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  • Profile picture of the author HN
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    It's all my fault?

    I am actually not disturbed by the they're, there and their business.
    But when I see people write "should of been" I want to brake their fingaz. And I am not even a violent person. When I catch a fly or a spider in my room I release it back to the nature. When I come back from woods with a basket of mushrooms, I gather all the insects which I accidentally kidnapped and drive them back to the woods. But people ... FT!
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    • Profile picture of the author HeySal
      Originally Posted by HN View Post

      It's all my fault?

      I am actually not disturbed by the they're, there and their business.
      But when I see people write "should of been" I want to brake their fingaz. And I am not even a violent person. When I catch a fly or a spider in my room I release it back to the nature. When I come back from woods with a basket of mushrooms, I gather all the insects which I accidentally kidnapped and drive them back to the woods. But people ... FT!
      Well, you're absolutely right, ya know. They really shouldn't of been....

      Originally Posted by TimothyW View Post

      Sal -- what you're talking about is called, "the Oxford comma."

      Elitist, Superfluous, Or Popular? We Polled Americans on the Oxford Comma | FiveThirtyEight

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      Believe it or not, in some branches of linguistics, it's known as a brainwashing technique.
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        Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

        Believe it or not, in some branches of linguistics, it's known as a brainwashing technique.
        From a literacy test:

        Linguistics has several branches. Name something else that has branches.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rick Rodd
    I feel your pain, HN. I also hate people who quickly ridicule people who commits said typos. Have they even considered the proximity of the letters? The invention of the word pwn is an example of this and it has been considered "internet grammar correct". Some grammar police they are acting all smug, don't you think?
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    • Profile picture of the author HeySal
      Originally Posted by AaronJones View Post

      Probably the person writing the ad just ran out of room and decided to spell it that way rather than leave out the punctuation at the end. The punctuation nerds are much more scary than the spelling nazis.
      That's how the error of not putting a comma before the "and" in a series came about. It's a news column squeeze. It drives me crazy because most people believe that's correct now. I believe in either AP or Chicago style, it is right in their prescribed grammar. Webster even thinks it just fine. It's not. At all. Leaving the comma out subconsciously indicates a false incongruity in one of the items.

      The form should never be allowed in newsprint. Make the column wider - don't ditch the commas. They're there for their own good reason.
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      • Profile picture of the author Shadowflux
        I see this sort of thing everywhere and it drives me insane. Blogs and websites are one thing, magazines are worse but books are, by far, the most inexcusable.

        Modern books are full of typos. It's rare to find one in books from 1930 or earlier. Well, maybe not if you're reading pulp novels...
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        Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

        That's how the error of not putting a comma before the "and" in a series came about. It's a news column squeeze. It drives me crazy because most people believe that's correct now. I believe in either AP or Chicago style, it is right in their prescribed grammar. Webster even thinks it just fine. It's not. At all. Leaving the comma out subconsciously indicates a false incongruity in one of the items.

        The form should never be allowed in newsprint. Make the column wider - don't ditch the commas. They're there for their own good reason.
        It came from when newspapers were typeset with lead slugs. If there wasn't room for a comma, it got left out of the line.

        For trivia geeks, that's related to where the typesetting term 'leading' came from. If they wanted more vertical space ('line-height' in HTML and MS Word) between lines of type, they inserted thin lead sheets between the lines of character slugs.

        P.S. That last sentence was just so you could fit all 3 of those in one sentence.
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  • Profile picture of the author TimothyW
    Sal -- what you're talking about is called, "the Oxford comma."

    Elitist, Superfluous, Or Popular? We Polled Americans on the Oxford Comma | FiveThirtyEight

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    Kind of arrogant to assume us homo sapiens are the end all and be all. For all we know the next species is already walking among us. We've had what, about 150,000 years? That's a good run, maybe it's time for the next team to take the field...

    And where the heck is Ms. Wombat when you need her?
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
      Jack,
      And where the heck is Ms. Wombat when you need her?
      Therapy. She snuck in here and got over-"seasoned."


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        Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

        Jack,Therapy. She snuck in here and got over-"seasoned."


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        I don't know if that is another slight towards me, but I apparently haven't been involved with this thread, I don't have much hope for civilization, but spelling, and grammar, is the least of the concerns that make me feel that way.

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    I once knew a werewolf that could write like Shakespeare and never make a mistake. And...

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  • Profile picture of the author TimothyW
    HOW does this stuff keep happening?!?!!?

    I Just got this email from Udemy...

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    "Remember that course you enroll in?"

    Huh?!?!

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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
    Steve,

    I wouldn't call that a slight, no. Just some good-natured humor.

    Mrs Wombat is, at this point, a largely mythical creature. Sort of the avatar of grammar cops, and a minor deity in the pantheon of conformity.

    You are far from the only one here whose creative grammar would cause her distress.


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    Top bullet point on a sales page I just saw...

    Live & Recorded Trillion Dollar Marketing Oppertunity Webinar
    that have been making money since last year.

    (((sigh)))
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