I make frequent mistakes in my writing. I have just corrected 'datelines' in my previous post to 'deadlines'. I have done some corrections before and they were due to words or phrases which bothered me when I was offline, not being pointed by others. Very often, what sounds right in my mind was spelled incorrectly. So I have to tell myself to reread before posting.
Anyway, I have come across mistakes in others' which I rather not point out because in some cases, there were too many or done too often that it would not be nice and would appear presumptuous. Minor mistakes which appear to be common in certain countries perhaps. For example, I have pointed out before to Malaysiakini, that some of their articles or letters have the word 'then' mixed up with 'than'. Famous blogger, Hussein Hamid does that. Some Australian graduates have the tendency to use 'anyways'. Even MWS made the spelling mistake of 'supersede' with 'supercede', even though I am no where near her standard of English.
"OLD" IS WHEN... You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along; You are cautioned to slow down by.... the doctor instead of by the police; and "Getting lucky" means you find your car in the parking lot.
Advantages of being old include the fact that kidnappers are not very interested in you and in a hostage situation you are likely to be released first.
People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
You quit trying to hold your stomach in no matter who walks in while you sing along with elevator music.
Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either. But in trying to keep things secret, you are likely to forget where you kept them yourself! With increasing use of computers everywhere, passwords are commonly forgotten.
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"OLD" IS WHEN... You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along; You are cautioned to slow down by.... the doctor instead of by the police; and "Getting lucky" means you find your car in the parking lot.
Advantages of being old include the fact that kidnappers are not very interested in you and in a hostage situation you are likely to be released first.
People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
You quit trying to hold your stomach in no matter who walks in while you sing along with elevator music.
Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either. But in trying to keep things secret, you are likely to forget where you kept them yourself! With increasing use of computers everywhere, passwords are commonly forgotten.
Link
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