Author Topic: Spelling Challenge (Read 38715 times)

Nadir · « **Reply #25 on:** November 26, 2018, 09:29:28 PM »

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In regards to your question about how to use ...

In regard to and with regard to are phrases that mean "regarding," "concerning," "on the subject of."
As regards—note the s on the end—means the same thing. Perhaps this is why people mindlessly pluralize regard and say in regards to and its partner in crime, with regards to.
Both of the following examples are correct: With regard to your friend, let's hope she is well. Compare that to With regards to your friend. Let's hope she is well.
In the first sentence, With regard to means "concerning." But in the second sentence, regards with an s is a plural noun meaning "best wishes."

Nadir · « **Reply #26 on:** December 01, 2018, 04:52:33 PM »

Apologies for the huge letters in last post.

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The confusion between then and than seems to be of fairly recent origin, and I believe it stems from hearing poor diction.

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Husbands job … show more progress then cleaning house/raising kids.

Corrections:
Husband's job … shows more progress than cleaning house/raising kids.
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Think: then rhymes with when so refers to timing. This sentence does not refer to timing, but rather to comparing two different jobs.
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Then means (at) that time (in the past or in the future):
Examples:
I was working in the city then.
Give it to me next week - I won't have time to read it before then.
Call tomorrow - then I should have the details.
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Compare with
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Than - preposition, conjunction

· is used to join two parts of a comparison:

My son is taller than my daughter. (son compared with daughter)
You walk faster than I do! (you compared with me)
You're earlier than usual. (present compared with past)

· Or is used with "more" or "less" to compare numbers or amounts:

I spent more than I intended to.
It cost less than I expected.

Maria Regina · « **Reply #27 on:** December 01, 2018, 05:22:29 PM »

Quote from: Nadir on December 01, 2018, 04:52:33 PM

Apologies for the huge letters in last post.

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The confusion between then and than seems to be of fairly recent origin, and I believe it stems from hearing poor diction.

Corrections:
Husband's job … shows more progress than cleaning house/raising kids.
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Think: then rhymes with when so refers to timing. This sentence does not refer to timing, but rather to comparing two different jobs.
.
Then means (at) that time (in the past or in the future):
Examples:
I was working in the city then.
Give it to me next week - I won't have time to read it before then.
Call tomorrow - then I should have the details.
.
Compare with
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Than - preposition, conjunction
· is used to join two parts of a comparison:

My son is taller than my daughter. (son compared with daughter)
You walk faster than I do! (you compared with me)
You're earlier than usual. (present compared with past)

· Or is used with "more" or "less" to compare numbers or amounts:

I spent more than I intended to.
It cost less than I expected.

Another reason for misspelling the two words, then and than, can be due to old age and/or diabetes, which can cause blurry vision.
With only 10 to 15 minutes to edit my posts here at CI, many typographical errors go unnoticed. Factoring in all the robo-calls I receive at home, this distraction causes even more mistakes to go unnoticed.

I wish there was some way to stop all the robo calls. My own brother-in-law lowered the volume of his phone ringer so that no one could contact him. Then when we finally were able to contact him, we discovered that he had been given a diagnosis of terminal cancer. It was too late to visit him as there was not enough time to make travel arrangements.

Nadir · « **Reply #28 on:** December 01, 2018, 05:57:33 PM »

I am almost always timed out. You just need to click post again. It's always worked for me. It's a good idea to write first on a word docuмent and that makes less problem with formatting, as in the case of my penultimate post. Besides, I have not noticed mistakes in your posts, Maria Regina.
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But we are not talking about typos here. We are talking about oft repeated errors due to poor knowledge of language. It is mainly younger posters who have problems with the spelling / grammar / formation of the language.

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #29 on:** December 01, 2018, 06:40:20 PM »

Quote from: Nadir on November 15, 2018, 03:01:20 PM

Quote: NeilNeil, You are reasoning like a turnip!

I said "None ...... is mine". None indicates negation (not one). Now "one" is singular and any more than one is plural. So if one is singular what is less than one? Could less than one possibly be plural? "None" is an abbreviated form of "not one".

From https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/quantifiers/no-none-and-none-of

In formal styles, we use none of with a singular verb when it is the subject. However, in informal speaking, people often use plural verbs:

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Therefore, according to your principle, the following are properly rendered with the singular verb, "is":
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None of the US presidents is women. (in lieu of "None ... are women.")
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None of Alaska's earthquakes since 1964 is so strong as this one. (in lieu of "None ... are so strong...")
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None of my socks is lost in the dryer. (in lieu of "None ... are lost...")
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None of the stars in the sky is brighter than the moon.
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None of the cans on the shelf is dented.
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None of these used cars is for sale.
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None of the police officers is out of uniform, sir.
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None of the ships at sea is sinking.
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None of the people using the Internet is sleeping.
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None of the hairs on your head is gray.
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None of our Christmas trees is dry.
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None of these houses is available.
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None of these sentences is correct.
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None of these dog's fleas is immune.
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None of these radio commercials is interesting.

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