"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?
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They're not teaching it anymore. Have you seen the curricula at many district schools these days?
My kids go to a charter school where they're taught for two solid years how to diagram sentences. I never even got that in Catholic school. The school also has a structured, rigorous writing curriculum that starts in junior high and culminates with an extremely demanding senior thesis. But this is rare across the country.
The people you're interacting with here literally did not get the kind of instruction they should have had. My dad graduated from a public district school in 1970 with a really good, thorough basic education. It was enough to make him successful in both the military and law enforcement. He only earned a bachelor's degree in his mid 20s to enhance his paycheck. These days, you couldn't pay me to send my children to the high school he attended.
[h=1]Regard vs. regards[/h]The traditional distinction goes like this: the singular regard is correct in phrases like with regard to and in regard to where these phrases mean with reference to, while the plural regards means good wishes expressing respect, affection, or condolences. But while some people continue to insist that using regards in place of regard is simply incorrect, the old distinction is not consistently borne out in real-world, 21st-century usage. Regards is commonly used both ways, both in edited writing and elsewhere.
Specializes in Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory.
How about "tow the line"? I read that one in a newspaper! (OK, it was the online version of a newspaper, but really!) It is "toe the line." As in having our toes on the line.
Our local rag is notorious for crap like this. I can't get through a single issue without my teeth being on edge. Luckily, there's not usually enough of it to even wrap a single fish.
The improper use of the apostrophe drives me crazy. The use of "loose" instead of "lose" is a close second.
I also use a broom to chase those darn kids off my lawn!!!
I'm friends with a girl on FB that never uses the possessive form for her children. As in "I went to Sarah school today". It drives me up a wall, and takes every shred of restraint to not comment on it.
I'm friends with a girl on FB that never uses the possessive form for her children. As in "I went to Sarah school today". It drives me up a wall, and takes every shred of restraint to not comment on it.
Aunt Slappy
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They're not teaching it anymore. Have you seen the curricula at many district schools these days?
My kids go to a charter school where they're taught for two solid years how to diagram sentences. I never even got that in Catholic school. The school also has a structured, rigorous writing curriculum that starts in junior high and culminates with an extremely demanding senior thesis. But this is rare across the country.
The people you're interacting with here literally did not get the kind of instruction they should have had. My dad graduated from a public district school in 1970 with a really good, thorough basic education. It was enough to make him successful in both the military and law enforcement. He only earned a bachelor's degree in his mid 20s to enhance his paycheck. These days, you couldn't pay me to send my children to the high school he attended.