Comments on: OH, THOSE YOUNG CAMPUS SOCIALISTS

By: Myles

Myles — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:15:46 +0000

I really dont care about grammar or spelling very much. I think that as long as one is reasonably understood then that is sufficient. I would only bring it up because there is some irony in a grammatical mistake in a blog pointing out grammatical mistakes. And like I said, im sure that you DO know the correct spelling. Take another look at the signs that the Marxists are carrying. If they are hand drawn, as you suggest, then the makers should be given props for scrawling each letter in times new roman so perfectly(barring the corrected letters.) These signs were obviously written on a computer and printed.

But dont worry. Im not trying to get you.Like the first commenter on this blog im not out to make fun of anyone.

By: Andrew Roman

Andrew Roman — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:15:06 +0000

Typing errors, such as not inserting a space between “a” and “lot” are not necessarily singular occurances. For me, it is admittedly a bad habit. I type fast.

I respect and appreciate your attempt to “get me.”

I also have a tendency to miss capitalizing my “b”s when typing fast, for whatever reason, missing apostrophes regularly, and flipping “i” before “e”. Indeed, I do my very best to edit and correct, but my humanity often keeps me from being perfect.

So what?

This wasn’t an indictment on spelling and grammatical misstakes students in English class make. This isn’t about the inevitable errors that almost everyone is prone to.

Surely, you understand that.

And the Marxists obviously did not know how to spell the word correctly, because it had to be corrected after the fact – perhaps by Marxists who actually took time to attend class.

Typing errors caused by careless mechanics can hardly be compared to the deliberative creation of a sign, where each letter must be drawn and considered. All writers – columnists, novelists, journalists – need editors. Writing a substantive article – and missing the spacebar – is not quite the same as hand drawing a protest poster and botching a KEY word.

None of this refutes what I wrote, incidentally, nor the fact that the irony of having self-professed young Marxists moan and groan about tuition costs on a college campus, while misspelling a word on a protest sign that literally changes the meaning of the whole damn thing, is tremendously sweet.

Incidentally, if you’d like to continue scanning through my blog for other mistakes, I have created an e-mail address for you to send them to. That way, you can rest assured that your keen observations of my grammatical and spelling imperfections will get focused attention.

Please send your comments and red-penned corrections to: spottingromansmistakes@d765090.nosnoop.com.

Thanks, Myles.

P.S. – No need to point out the extra “s” in my first use of the word “misstakes.” I caught it myself.

By: Myles

Myles — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:30:06 +0000

The Marxists obviously know the correct spelling of ‘whose’ or they would not have corrected it. And while im sure that you do know the correct spelling of ‘a lot’ a search of ‘alot’ on your page has uncovered a few more instances where you made the same mistake.

By: Andrew Roman

Andrew Roman — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:18:50 +0000

You are, of course, correct. However, my error is in that I did not hit the space bar when typing “alot” – not that I believe the spelling of “alot” is correct. You will have to take my word for the fact that I am aware that the correct spelling is “a lot.”

Rather than just correct the spelling and go along my merry way without posting your comments, I openly thank you for spotting the error. Indeed, the irony is not lost on me.

And yes … I did make the correction.

By: failbLOLg

failbLOLg — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:58:45 +0000

“Of course, that doesn’t make alot of sense, depending on how much ecstasy you’ve taken.”

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Never correct someone else’s English on the internet. The first thing I saw was the use of the made up word “alot”.

I’m not saying that I disagree with you. I’m just saying to check your own grammar before telling other people to sit in on English class. I’m sure that I’ve made some mistakes in this comment post but I’m writing a comment and not trying to make fun of anyone. Just pointing out an ironic error.