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  • (Score: 2) by lhsi on Tuesday September 23 2014, @05:58PM

    by lhsi (711) on Tuesday September 23 2014, @05:58PM (#97272) Journal

    I always try to write everything correctly too, but might miss a couple of mistakes. I have found I'm more likely to not be bothered to go back and correct minor mistakes when typing on a touchscreen.

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  • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Tuesday September 30 2014, @03:31PM

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Tuesday September 30 2014, @03:31PM (#100032) Homepage Journal

    I try to avoid typing on a screen and only do so when I need to respond to a text message. Occasionally I'll pull S/N up on my phone, but I don't log in, only lurk.

    The GP has a very good point. I just modded someone down earlier this morning for what could have been stupidity or a simple typoo; he said "loose" rather than "lose" and the sentence made no sense; both words are verbs and they have different meanings. Don't say "horse" when you mean "cow" because you're not communicating at all.

    BTW, the above typo was an illustration of how the guy might not have been either an idiot or someone whose second language is English.

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Phoenix666 on Saturday October 04 2014, @12:25AM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday October 04 2014, @12:25AM (#101576) Journal

      I wish I could throw you some karma points. "loose" when the writer means "lose" is a scourge.

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      • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Saturday October 04 2014, @02:44PM

        by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Saturday October 04 2014, @02:44PM (#101689) Homepage Journal

        Thanks, but I've been at karma cap sine the place opened. You only need to mod me up if you want the comment to be more visible.

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