Nurses with worse spelling than mine are laughable.

[Emergent]

I just want to say, if I see anyone not using spell check around here, with a misspelling that I can identify at a glance, I'll be taking you to task. Your name is mud around these parts.

Nurses with better spelling than mine, on the other hand, are obviously anal retentive perfectionists. Or else they are using spell check, the great equalizer.

Obvious grammatical errors will be pointed out immediately. And, I expect you educated people to know that:

Your is a singular possessive pronoun

You're is a conjunction of you and are

Their is a plural possessive pronoun

They're is a conjunction of they and are

Loose means the opposite of tight

Lose means the opposite of win

Any questions?

[ButterflyRN90, ASN, RN]

You mean "a english teacher" right?

Should've or should have. Lol :)

[klone, MSN, RN]

I think it's high time for the word "whom" to be put out to pasture. It needs to go on the list of officially archaic English words.

That's whack. I use "whom" all the time. It is SO not archaic; most people just don't know how/when to use it correctly.

[klone, MSN, RN]

It is disuse that makes certain words archaic. When is the last time you heard anyone utter the phrase "To whom does this belong"?

This morning? Like I said, I use it all the time. "With whom did you go to the bar and get drunk?" "I have no idea to whom these stinky socks belong; they're going in the trash!"

Even my 6yo uses "whom"

[wooh, BSN, RN]

That's whack. I use "whom" all the time. It is SO not archaic; most people just don't know how/when to use it correctly.

All the cool kids say whom. Losers say who. Coolest kids say wooh.

[jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B]

From my glass house, your spelling looks fine to me. (What about excessive use of proverbs? Is that bad too?)

.....I like to call them "isms" Jade-isms........

[Christy1019, ASN, RN]

You mean "a english teacher" right?

Okay so I thought I was doing alright with grammar, but I also would have said "an English teacher". I thought A goes before words starting with a consonant and AN goes before words starting with a vowel.

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

Your prolly right

[klone, MSN, RN]

Okay so I thought I was doing alright with grammar, but I also would have said "an English teacher". I thought A goes before words starting with a consonant and AN goes before words starting with a vowel.

I think they were being silly.

[Christy1019, ASN, RN]

Oh okay, lol I was seriously starting to question all that I know about English grammar haha

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

Anytime anyone says whom, I can only think of Archer. That show uses it the best.

[BrandonLPN, LPN]

That's whack. I use "whom" all the time. It is SO not archaic; most people just don't know how/when to use it correctly.

I don't know, to my ears, "whom" sounds..... unnatural. Affected. Maybe it's a regional thing? Or a class thing?

"Who are you talking to?" sounds way more natural than "To whom are you talking?". I know the latter sentence is the "correct" one, but if you say "To whom are you talking?" to anyone I know, be prepared for a dirty look or two. They'll likely peg you as a snob or think you are being patronizing.

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

This morning? Like I said, I use it all the time. "With whom did you go to the bar and get drunk?" "I have no idea to whom these stinky socks belong; they're going in the trash!"

Even my 6yo uses "whom"

Me too! I heard it today. Whom is fine.

I've never heard "finna" though.