Brought vs bought
- Thread starter Diddums
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The way I see it, it's one of two things: stupidity or lack of education. If it was because of the one singular letter, then surely they'd confuse more words too?
Although people like that usually hide behind the lexscyid smokescreen.
At my last job I was on the same level as a colleague, ie we did the same job. We got on fine but could rarely have a laugh as he had the personality of a brick wall. A year or so after joining a supervisor position came up, so I stuck my name in the hat and so did he. I went on holiday for three weeks and came back to him being my supervisor. No problem, missed that opportunity. Turns out he was actually banging one of the girls in HR at the time. Once this particular cat was out the bag, the manager walks in to his office with one of the supervisor's emails in his hands and says "please can you ask your girlfriend in HR to proof read your emails if they are going external" and walks out.
Supervisor runs after him and asks why, to which the manager replied, very loudly, BECAUSE YOUR WRITING LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE DRANK A BOTTLE OF RUM AND A CAN OF ALPHAGHETTI SPAGHETTI AND PUKED THE SPAGHETTI ALL OVER THE SCREEN.
He was a great manager that man.
Supervisor runs after him and asks why, to which the manager replied, very loudly, BECAUSE YOUR WRITING LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE DRANK A BOTTLE OF RUM AND A CAN OF ALPHAGHETTI SPAGHETTI AND PUKED THE SPAGHETTI ALL OVER THE SCREEN.
He was a great manager that man.
Yes. Your superhuman abilities make you look stupid.
There are various idiot indicators, spotting them means you're either dealing with someone young or just stupid. Brought / bought, borrow / lend, your / you're, their / they're / there, etc etc.
People make up all sorts of excuses, the most prevalent one seems to be "it's the internet, why should I care?".
This to me means that if you can't even be arsed to come across as educated on "the internet" then how are you going to come across on a job application? It also indicates a lack of respect to those you are addressing.
We all make typos but personally I have very little time for repeat offenders, winds me up something silly. Yes, I had a very strict English teacher at school
People make up all sorts of excuses, the most prevalent one seems to be "it's the internet, why should I care?".
This to me means that if you can't even be arsed to come across as educated on "the internet" then how are you going to come across on a job application? It also indicates a lack of respect to those you are addressing.
We all make typos but personally I have very little time for repeat offenders, winds me up something silly. Yes, I had a very strict English teacher at school
I admire your optimism.
YES!!!!
How could I have forgotten this one!
EDIT: we need a forum for like minded folks to sit back in and smoke cigars whilst we peer out at the uneducated masses and laugh at their incompetence in the language they use every single day of their lives.
Come on, own up. Which one of you did this?
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28496492&postcount=23
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28496492&postcount=23
Yes, you need too be aware of these things.
And you managed to insult both sides of the discussion. Bravo.