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Just wondering, no trolling intent ...

I have seen so many posts from US builders who refer to the "heal" , where formerly it would have been the "heel", that it occurred to me that it may well have become accepted usage in the US , just like "honor" as opposed to UK "honour" ...

No, it's just that guitar building is a really bad influence on your spelling abilities! Guitar builders also type your for you're, and waste for waist, among many other things.

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I see the same problem in a car forum I frequent. It's "brakes", not "breaks"!

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-Marcus
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Grammatical and spelling issues abound on forums. One has to learn to ignore those things and look for the content. Hard as at may be for some of us.

A pet peeve of mine is when people use "to" instead of "too".

Just as long as you use the word "speeling" instead of "spelling" like our beloved forum leader.
Right Lance?

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

Breaks - that's a good one!

Somewhat reminds me of a local one that irks me a lot. In Romanian we have "pup" for kiss. Some halfbraines trying to be cool are writing it like it would be spelled in English: "poop" (the word is often used in greetings) Nice.

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Build log

My pet peeves:
Ware instead of wear (e.g. playware).
Guage instead of gauge.
Effect instead of affect. In most cases, effect is a noun and affect is a verb.
Momento instead of memento. Momento is not an English word.
"It's" for the possessive. "It's" is a contraction that means "it is". The possessive form is "its"....no apostrophe.
Before I was introduced to Internet forums, I had no idea so many of us were literally challenged. Most of this is sixth grade level grammar.
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John

When was the last time someone failed to pass on to the next grade in school. Not sure about elsewhere but locally it does not happen......................!!! DUH....!! Show up and your good.
Tom

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A person who has never made a mistake has never made anything!!!

Man oh man. I have been wanting to say something about "heal" blocks for so long, not to mention the other simple grammatical mistakes that go on each day.
I am not a grammar Nazi in general, but when adults say things like, "I seen that before" it makes me nutty!
There, their, and they're are three words that are not interchangeable. Your and you're are also not interchangeable.
Come on people! The world thinks we are idiots as it is! Lets not prove them right!
Seriously, this is middle school grammar! I swear that I felt a weight (or should I have said "wait") lift from my shoulders when I wrote that!
People, the little red dotted line under your words does not mean the computer is impressed by your grammar and spelling. It means you made a mistake. Right click and fix it!!

One more things:
Definitely does not contain the letter "a" so please knock it off!

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PMoMC

So its "gauge"?? I always speled it gage. I must be one of them litrally chalenged.

[quote="Tony_in_NYC"]
There, their, and their are three words that are not interchangeable. [quote]

Actually thats 3 words - but two individual words, one used twice Tony I think you meant there their and they're
I have a few peeves about spelling from time to time on the forums myself
Cheers
Charliewood

Dammit!!!

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PMoMC

Shouldnt that be " Damnknit"

Ya gotta learn " typonease "

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If the iPhone doesn't fix it, it must be correct!

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PMoMC

The classic of all time is snidely calling someone a genias.

I saw that a few days ago.

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StuMusic

You missed your queue. I think this is the part where you commit Hara-Kiri.

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There, their, they're, Tony.

Dont take it to bad. I could care less.

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StuMusic

I have to admit that when I type on internet fora, I rarely bother to look over my grammar as carefully as I do in real life. I tend to type as if I were speaking, often tripping up on homminyms. I suppose I should go back and notice, but. . .

Many people get defensive when these types of threads come about, but I see them as good reminders. I got busted out on "heel" on another forum a while back, I'm glad I did too.

Many of you will love this site:

http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors

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Take care of your feet, and your feet will take care of you.

....but we not native english speakers, with our school english get some more....free room, yes??? please???

cheers, alex

Good one Stu! How much less by the way?

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PMoMC

I think that's "Show up and you're good."

lol

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

So many good ones in this thread. Don't forget who's/whose. I draw the line at nitpicking over who/whom, since I still have trouble with that one myself, plus it often sounds overly formal even if you do use it correctly.

ANOTHER OF THE MOST ANNOYING THINGS IS SPEAKING IN ALL CAPS.

I try to keep my English correct most of the time, but over the years I've come to appreciate how resilient the language is to grammar and spelling errors. I mean, if you can correct someone's language, doesn't that mean they got the message across anyway? It's only a problem when you misunderstand because of an error.

And look at the l337 speak and lol speak dialects... hideous, and yet quite readable. Human brains amaze me with their adaptability and natural language processing abilities.

This is America and its Harry Carry

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Fractured cliches are another peeve of mine. All they do is corrupt the meaning.
It's supposed to be "I couldn't care less" - because I have no interest. "I could care less" means there is some interest.
Another one:

The correct saying is "row to hoe".

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John

Why yes, heal is perfectly acceptable.

When I see someone write, ‘I gots to make a new heal block for my gitar’, I imagine him performing some mystical cantation that will block all bad things from happening. Perhaps reaching right to the gitar's sole, oh wait, is that a fish?.

Anyway, most of us in the US can always use a little heal blocking from time to time.

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Joe Beaver
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Since the statement neither qualifies or quantifies my concern, technically I could care infinitely less.

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I read Emerson on the can. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...true...but a consistent reading of Emerson has its uses nevertheless.

StuMusic