This has been really getting on my nerves lately...

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Okay, it's HIPAA, not HIPPA. And, it's JCAHO, not JACHO. And, another one that's been getting to me lately: it's spelled "definitely", not "definately".

Thanks for listenting. Okay. Much better now...

Specializes in Only the O.R. and proud of it!.
"Where are you at" & various other variations.

A preposition is something that you should never end a sentance with.

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OHMYGOSH!!! I've been spelling it "DEFINATELY" for a longtime!!!

hahaha...GUILTY!!!

Yes. I'm "DEFINATELY" guilty! Oh no!!!!

But, I do make an effort to correct my typos.

I also like to start sentences with conjunctions. I do not think that it is grammatically (I checked the spelling!) correct, but I do it all the time. Sister Mary Miserable would have made me stay after class.

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.

Let's not forget "your" and "you're"...

One of my friends consistently writes something like "Glad to hear your doing well." It's not caught by spellcheck, of course. And when he writes in longhand, he spells it the same way.

And speaking of "prolly"... the first time I read that was on allnurses. I remember thinking at the time that the poor thing thought that was how the word was spelled, because that's generally how it's pronounced. I had no idea it was a cyber-shortcut!

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Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

On our nursery flowsheet, there is a box to check if they baby has "Mongoliam spots." I have pointed this out numerous times but nothing has been done so far. Drives me bonkers every time I see it.

I can forgive someone if they are not a native English speaker, just as my husband overlooks the many errors I have made in speaking his language. But someone who has lived here their entire life??

My current peeve is when someone says "I'm looking a pencil" as opposed to "I'm looking for a pencil." Grrrrr.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.

Guilty as charged....of all of the above.

It's nice to know I irritate you guys. Makes me feel better about being human.:smiley_ab

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Specializes in OB.
Guilty as charged....of all of the above.

It's nice to know I irritate you guys. Makes me feel better about being human.:smiley_ab

you call it a chester drawers too??!??!?! ;)

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Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.
Guilty as charged....of all of the above.

It's nice to know I irritate you guys. Makes me feel better about being human.:smiley_ab

And you call them Mongoliam spots, and you look things too?

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you call it a chester drawers too??!??!?! ;)

I say "chesterdrawers" but mean "chest of drawers" . . . . . my family is from Arkansas. ;)

steph

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ok, i have one i haven't read as of yet . . . .

supposebly . . .not spelled that way but pronounced that way.

steph

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ok, i have one i haven't read as of yet . . . .

supposebly . . .not spelled that way but pronounced that way.

steph

ooooohhhhh! i forgot all about supposebly! i have a friend who says that all the time!

:lol2: :lol2:

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