Quicksand Fans

schlamm wrote:The use of an incorrect variation of a word is also a huge irritant....at least to me, anyways.

"She could here the sound of branches braking in the distance, she had failed to loose her pursuers despite the lose, sandy trail "

Obviously spell check finds nothing wrong with the above ridiculous statement, sadly, I do not believe there is an "intelligence check" as of yet.
Commonly misapplied words:
to ~ two ~ too
their ~ there ~ they're
loose ~ lose
brake ~ break
affect ~ effect
complement ~ compliment
stationary ~ stationery
insure ~ ensure ~ assure
then ~ than
weather ~ whether
Its ~ It's
accept ~ except
farther ~ further
lightening ~ lightning
alright ~ all right....alright is not even a recognized word
and finally, the one that just makes my skin crawl......prolly ~ probably

schlamm wrote:The use of an incorrect variation of a word is also a huge irritant....at least to me, anyways.

"She could here the sound of branches braking in the distance, she had failed to loose her pursuers despite the lose, sandy trail "

Obviously spell check finds nothing wrong with the above ridiculous statement, sadly, I do not believe there is an "intelligence check" as of yet.
Commonly misapplied words:
to ~ two ~ too
their ~ there ~ they're
loose ~ lose
brake ~ break
affect ~ effect
complement ~ compliment
stationary ~ stationery
insure ~ ensure ~ assure
then ~ than
weather ~ whether
Its ~ It's
accept ~ except
farther ~ further
lightening ~ lightning
alright ~ all right....alright is not even a recognized word
and finally, the one that just makes my skin crawl......prolly ~ probably

schlamm wrote:The use of an incorrect variation of a word is also a huge irritant....at least to me, anyways.

"She could here the sound of branches braking in the distance, she had failed to loose her pursuers despite the lose, sandy trail " :roll:

Obviously spell check finds nothing wrong with the above ridiculous statement, sadly, I do not believe there is an "intelligence check" as of yet.
Commonly misapplied words:
to ~ two ~ too
their ~ there ~ they're
loose ~ lose
brake ~ break
affect ~ effect
complement ~ compliment
stationary ~ stationery
insure ~ ensure ~ assure
then ~ than
weather ~ whether
Its ~ It's
accept ~ except
farther ~ further
lightening ~ lightning
alright ~ all right....alright is not even a recognized word
and finally, the one that just makes my skin crawl......prolly ~ probably

You omit people who write "Could of" instead of "Could have." Frankly, I think that one should carry the death penalty.

Fred588 wrote:My vision has become rather poor and it has become very hard to read what I have written on a computer screen.

schlamm wrote:Obviously spell check finds nothing wrong with the above ridiculous statement...

Lomax wrote:

Fred588 wrote:My vision has become rather poor and it has become very hard to read what I have written on a computer screen.

Sorry to hear that, Fred.

Me, I was born functionally blind in one eye, meaning that I have very limited depth perception (when I was a kid, learning to catch a ball was a trial, and my efforts exposed me to much mockery) - and 3D cinema is a closed world to me.

In later life, my other eye (possibly over-burdened) has deteriorated - though in the opposite way to yours. I can see this screen fine; but without glasses I have difficulty working out what's across the street.

Worse; I have passed some dodgy DNA to my sons (why couldn't they have inherited their mother's eyesight, dammit?), all of whom have needed glasses from a young age.