Your Fave POTN SPELLunken; Dedicated to DavidEB and Condyk

PetKal wrote in post #2402273
In your Finnland ambassadorial role I suppose you are that too ?

Let's keep pollitics out of it here

condyk wrote in post #2402564
Let's keep pollitics out of it here

... or that will lead to olligarchy in POTN, and that we don't like to see.

effect and affect

runninmann wrote in post #2402186
One very common misuse is reference to a lens and it's IQ.

Hey, very smart lenses.

Olli wrote in post #2402758
... or that will lead to olligarchy in POTN, and that we don't like to see.

You sound like a politician every step of the way, Olli.
Perhaps a civil servant ?

PetKal wrote in post #2403483
You sound like a politician every step of the way, Olli.
Perhaps a civil servant ?

No, he's a mere savant...

rklepper wrote in post #2402983
Hey, very smart lenses.

Huh?

IQ = Intelligence Quotient...

give us a brake, i'm 60 and still learning maybe another 20 years i can catch up lol

runninmann wrote in post #2402186
One very common misuse is reference to a lens and it's IQ.

rklepper wrote in post #2402983
Hey, very smart lenses.

Pete wrote in post #2403558
IQ = Intelligence Quotient...

Yes, I understand that, but my original post wasn't a reference to the use of "IQ", it referred to the frequently mistaken use of the contraction for "it is" instead of the possessive form of "it". That's why I bolded and underlined "it's" in my example.

The problem with the word "its" is determining it's proper usage.


Ummmm


the problem with the word "it's" is determining its proper usage.

NickSimcheck wrote in post #2399572
I've never had a problem with spelling The like Teh. But I see a lot of people who do.

The one I always misspell is Untill. For some reason that extra L always seems to get in there.

*EDIT* Must be L fever.

I'm a sucker for extra lls myself. Any word ending in L usually gets two from me.. one is never enough.

Just like Pickles.

belmondo wrote in post #2403708
The problem with the word "its" is determining it's proper usage.

Ummmm

the problem with the word "it's" is determining its proper usage.

Yes, it is somewhat counterintuitive that the possessive form does not include the apostrophe when that particular symbol is so closely associated with ownership. Judging from the large number of posts using "it's" as the possessive, it's apparent that many are confused.

runninmann wrote in post #2404538
Yes, it is somewhat counterintuitive that the possessive form does not include the apostrophe when that particular symbol is so closely associated with ownership. Judging from the large number of posts using "it's" as the possessive, it's apparent that many are confused.

Yeah but, no but ... you talkin' punKchewashun and this here is spellin'

The misplaced puncuation renders the spelling incorrect.