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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Negative Zero" data-source="post: 981932" data-attributes="member: 3794">oh good show!!! that one gets my goat too!leniency isn't a word? ... gee, i always thought it was. learn something new everyday. *shrug* how is it not a word, exactly? (no i'm not being sarcastic, i really want to know.)</blockquote>actually, i think that Bill is wrong. a "Whopper Junior" is the actual name of a product. while "Junior" is descriptive in this case, it still forms the name of the product, so the pluralisation should come after it. just my 2 pennies.yeah? what about new and improved? not that it bugs me per se, i just always find it amusing. if it's new, what was there to improve on? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />i agree, and i don't want it to go away either. when writing "official" letters or letter to "offical" people, i know how to compose them properly. i just don't think that any of my meaning is lost in casual circles when i don't use them. after all, all mu punctuation is usually in place. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />LOLi love this whole post!i gotta say, this whole discussion is highly entertaining <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> and on reflection, i agree with Pielorinho in that the ignorant can be taught. it's jut that, all too often, it just feels like too much work to try to educate so many people who just don't know better. not to mention that, more often than not, i'd wager, unwanted correction isn't welcomed warmly.and like stevelabny said, i tend to be very forgiving and just skip over typos too. it's easy to spot a typo, especially in a situation like ours where to get to know people, and consequently their style. but, when it comes to the whole their/there/they're/your/you're business, those aren't usually typos. people mean to use those words, and it's not usually out of a desire for speed. they're being misused. and that's what i'm talking about. saying the one thing when you really mean something else.~NegZ[/QUOTE]

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