Okay guys, tell me if you think this is a good idea: since allnurses.com does not have spell checker, I thought it might be helpful to have a thread where we could go to check our spelling. I don't want to sound high and mighty, but it would be so nice to see proper spelling on this website. I am not talking about the typos (reversing letters and such), but actual incorrect spelling of words that we should know! I hope that I have not offended anyone and will close the thread if I p**s off too many people! I am going to start with the one word I see spelled incorrectly most often: "definitely".
GilaRRT 1 Article; 1,905 Posts Apr 11, 2009 You could download a free browser such as Apple Safari that has an integrated spellcheck tool.
Atheos 2,098 Posts Apr 11, 2009 Firefox also has an integrated spell checker...Of course, if we do spelling then grammar is a must. We probably shouldn't go there though. There is a grammatical error in your very first sentence.
GilaRRT 1 Article; 1,905 Posts Apr 11, 2009 One of the major problems with grammar, is the subjectivity in the way we interpret and apply the many existing concepts. Even among experts, I am surprised to find people have different opinions.
Atheos 2,098 Posts Apr 11, 2009 One of the major problems with grammar, is the subjectivity in the way we interpret and apply the many existing concepts. Even among experts, I am surprised to find people have different opinions.Indeed. Sometimes I wish that we had an 'American English' governing body to set official rules.
leslie :-D 11,191 Posts Apr 11, 2009 There is a grammatical error in your very first sentence. which is...that she didn't capitalize the s in since?i know the colon is being used appropriately.leslie
GilaRRT 1 Article; 1,905 Posts Apr 11, 2009 Not sure it would work in our melting pot of a country. I quickly learned that English has different "rules" overseas. I still find myself typing words such as "centre" and "cheque."
Atheos 2,098 Posts Apr 11, 2009 As was pointed out by someone I do believe I was in error about the colon!
MHSA LPN 33 Posts Specializes in Substance abuse, hospice. Has 1 years experience. Apr 11, 2009 Typos don't upset me. My pet peeve is "your" in place of the contraction "you're". I can't help it. I'm a former journalist.
Rascal1 230 Posts Specializes in Med-Surg., Agency Nursing, LTC., MDS.. Apr 11, 2009 As was pointed out by someone I do believe I was in error about the colon! "And when we were wrong promptly admitted it" from the AA 12 steps. Namely,Step 10.
Lucky0220 318 Posts Specializes in Med/Surg, Acute Rehab. Has 4 years experience. Apr 11, 2009 thanks for the reference in wiki.. i love debating spelling and grammar! this is what it said: "as with many other punctuation marks, the usage of colon varies among languages and, for a given language, among historical periods. as a rule, however, a colon informs the reader that what follows proves and explains, or simply enumerates elements of what is referred to before.syntactical-deductive: introduces the logical consequence, or effect, of a fact stated before syntactical-descriptive: introduces a description—in particular, makes explicit the elements of a set appositive: introduces a sentence with the role of apposition with respect to the previous onei thought that maybe the appositive use of the colon was correct. what do you think? can you tell i have no life??? lol
Lucky0220 318 Posts Specializes in Med/Surg, Acute Rehab. Has 4 years experience. Apr 11, 2009 Atheos...you may not have been wrong. That's why I replied. Regardless, you are obviously quite intelligent. But this thread was to be about the spelling issues on this board. What I am thinking is that the ones who need it the most, will not even look at this posting!
