accept/except and affect/effect? I mean, this is elementary school stuff, what's the problem here? I almost never see these words used properly on here! Does this irk anyone else?
2007-03-12 14:29:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Totally! I mean, they put a sticker on the pump at the local gas station that said "Gift certificates not excepted here." It totally reverses the meaning. It bugs the crap out of me.
2007-03-12 14:38:26 · answer #1 · answered by vrrJT3 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
MNEUMONICS or a lack of them.
affect = alteration
effect he did it ( went to a school in Yorkshire, England, where he is pronounced 'ee'.
Teachers rarely use mneumonics or aids to learning. We are supposed to let the kiddies learn by them-selves - what a lot of bs.
For example tell a child to use a microphone - when would they ever think of looking up 'cardiod', 'omni' 'uni' directional mikes, a VITAl component of making any audio item. I taught before I retired. I did not play with the children.
O.K. some hated me for it. Most adored me and kept coming back. My favourite the boy, not very bright, who hated being taught poetry but now has the poem 'If' by Rudyard Kipling on his locker in the machine shop he works in, and has it on the wall of the flat he rents.
2007-03-12 17:32:01 · answer #2 · answered by teacher groovyGRANNY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does...but then I unknowlingly make the same mistakes from time to time - although usually when I catch a mistake like that I go back and correct it. What irks me so much more is the people that use all these different abbreviations or just can't spell period...for instance: ne (any), wut (what), wud/cud (would/could), gud (good) or substituting one letter/number for a word: c (see), 4 (for)...I think you can take it from there.
2007-03-12 14:39:10 · answer #3 · answered by Sunidaze 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 00:49:42 · answer #4 · answered by cushion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it does annoy those who are careful of their spelling, to come across such wrong usage of words. (Another common mistake made is between then and than.) I suppose you have correctly diagnosed the problem: carelessness during childhood, while learning words, spelling and their meaning. Unless parents, teachers and children take realize the need to be accurate in spelling and correct usage, this problem would continue. SMS has also contributed to this mess. I suppose, over a period of time, those who spell correctly, would be in a minority!
2007-03-12 20:44:26 · answer #5 · answered by greenhorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to accept the fact that this has no affect on anyone except you. Letting this bother you will have a negative effect on your life.
2007-03-12 14:46:03 · answer #6 · answered by Parercut Faint 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It also irks me when people refuse to use spell check.
2007-03-12 14:37:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
People are just lazy sometimes. It does irk me.
2007-03-12 14:37:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it irks a lot of us who are sticklers for good grammar. Unfortunately, it is rife.
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2007-03-12 14:33:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes things like that slip by me. freakin' homophones.
2007-03-12 15:17:19 · answer #10 · answered by Banana tree 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋