The vs. They
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Your right their, there always getting too wrong to.
I hope you realise that hamsters are very creative when it comes to revenge. - Elaine
And finally, perhaps the most annoying of all, the confusion (or is it considered trendy?) between the words "have" and "of" as in "I could of strung up the illiterate buggers." Ed Reardon for PM I say, that'll sort 'em out! Rich
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Yes, but ... the and they have completely different meanings. It's not a different way to write something well known. I don't think your opinion (although generally true) can apply, here.
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emilio_grv wrote:
Yes, but ... the and they have completely different meanings. It's not a different way to write something well known.I don't think your opinion (although generally true) can apply, here.
"They" has variously been written "thai", "hi", "hie", and a few others (my memory isn't what it... what was I talking about, again?). "The" was originally "þe", and had numerous cases for gender, plurality, accusative, dative, etc. ("case" means different spellings for nouns, pronouns, and selected determiners), and has gone through even more changes than "they". The historical changes in spelling have been every bit as arbitrary and "maleducated" as the one in question (and have all been bemoaned in exactly the same way), so changing the spelling of one of the words one more time is just a drop in the ocean. On the other bug-bear mentioned in the thread: I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if "loose" ended up as a recognised variant spelling of "lose", even though it's only loosers who should be hanged from a nose who use it now.
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I have been noticing what appears to be a lot of typographical errors as of late. In many places I have noticed people typing "they" instead of "the", where "the" would seem to be the better choice. Has anyone else been noticing these oddities?
There types of graphicals that annoy Thee, I are, forsooth, become culturbated two. These loosers diddling grammar with pokes in the I's with a sharp stick, should be put out to past you're. beast, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844