Reply #80: I have entirely too many [View All]

[geniph]

"alot" and "alright" are not words. The correct usage is "a lot" as in "a lot of Republicans are neo-cons" or "allot" as in "volunteers will receive an allotment of supplies" or "all right" as in "I feel all right about this."

"rein" "rain" and "reign." One tightens or loosens "reins," which control an animal that pulls a load. "Rain" is liquid precipitation that falls from the sky. "Reign" is to rule, as in "the reign of the neo-cons is nearly at an end."

The obvious ones, like dropping the terminal "e" from the verb form "breathe," using "loose" when one means "lose," and my personal pet peeve:

When used as a personal pronoun rather than a contraction of "it is," there is no apostrophe in "its." Would you put an apostrophe in the other personal pronouns - "his, hers, theirs"? (Then again, I've seen the apostrophe in "theirs" - but I have yet to see someone try to put one in "his".)

As a former copy editor, I generally refrain from pointing any of these out except in threads created for that express purpose. Spelling flames in threads on other topics are somewhat rude.