For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

[Ruby Vee]

"PT" means Physical Therapist. If you cannot bring yourself to type out "patient", the correct abbreviation is "pt".

It's LOSE your license, not "loose" your license. I've seen this one so often I'm starting to type "loose" myself.

"Needless to say" means it is so obvious that you don't even need to point it out. Why do people persist on using this when it is neither obvious or even remotely likely?

Why is "NETY" even still a thing?

[sevensonnets]

Sorry, I was typing away and realized the cake I was baking was getting too done and went off to check. Came back and couldn't edit! What I meant to say was I am thinking of changing my name badge to read ssonnet,RN BSN MSN CCRN BA MOM GRANDMA THE CAREFUL DRIVER AT, and CURRENT RESIDENT. (Never was a Girl Scout)

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

I love writing in cursive. And am glad my kids all learned it.

[blondy2061h, MSN, RN]

I love writing in cursive. And am glad my kids all learned it.

It's a nice hobby

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

It's a nice hobby

It is actually making a comeback. :)

Why Writing by Hand Could Make You Smarter | Psychology Today

. . .Yet scientists are discovering that learning cursive is an important tool for cognitivedevelopment, particularly in training the brain to learn functional specialization”[2]—that is, the capacity for optimal efficiency. In the case of learning cursive writing, the brain develops functional specialization that integrates both sensation, movement control, and thinking. Brain imaging studies reveal that multiple areas of brain become co-activated during the learning of cursive writing of pseudo-letters, as opposed to typing or just visual practice.. .

Once all but left for dead, is cursive handwriting making a comeback? - The Washington Post

. . .The cursive comeback is championed by a mix of educators, researchers, parents and politicians who lament the loss of linked-letter writing and cite studies that learning cursive engages the brain more deeply, improves fine motor dexterity and gives children a better idea of how words work in combination . . .

[JBudd, MSN]

My foster grandson came home and asked if we would teach him cursive because the school won't. Bought him a handwriting book the next week.

[JordanRose]

My current pet peeve is when people add the letter "y" to words, such as cucumber-y, vinegar-y. Hate it with a passion.

[Phil-on-a-bike]

My grammatical pet hate is spoken, rather than written; it's the use of "actually" as a kind of verbal comma.

It's surprising, actually, the amount of people who actually do this when they're actually speaking, and it's actually very irritating.

(Ironic too, given that the circumstances in which the word is employed seldom actually call for its use.)

Problem is: once you're attuned to this habit - this dumb, lazy, verbally clumsy habit - you start to notice it everywhere.

Way back when, a fellow student and I noticed that one of our lecturers had a really bad case of "The Actuallies".

We would sit front and centre and quite openly keep five-bar-gate tallies of every incidence. Naturally, this was somewhat off-putting for the lecturer and, as they grew more flustered, the "Actually" count went through the roof.

Yes, it was petty and pointless, but in our defence I should point out that it stopped well short of THE PUBLIC FLOGGING THESE PEOPLE DESERVE.

[djh123]

One more - but I could post hundreds, probably: I see people write 'defiantly' OFTEN, when they obviously mean 'definitely'. Defiantly has a totally different meaning, and not even the same number of SYLLABLES! Augggh!! Which reminds me - I've also seen 'maintence' or 'maintance' many times instead of 'maintenance'. Same thing - not even the same # of syllables. 'Vaction' instead of 'vacation'? Yep.

[Horseshoe, BSN, RN]

One more - but I could post hundreds, probably: I see people write 'defiantly' OFTEN, when they obviously mean 'definitely'. Defiantly has a totally different meaning, and not even the same number of SYLLABLES! Augggh!! [\quote]

Both of those words have 4 syllables.

[djh123]

OK, true, on defiantly vs definitely ... you got me there, at least on the # of syllables. I guess it tricked my mind because the 'iant' seems much less than the 'inite' part ... but still vastly different words.

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

I love writing in cursive. And am glad my kids all learned it.

I like leaving notes for my DH in cursive, knowing that the child cannot read them.

[donsterRN, ASN, BSN]

"Could of" "would of" "should of". It's "could have" "would have" "should have". Can be abbreviated "would've"; not to be confused with "would of" which makes no sense.

Thank you!!!