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[SunValley]

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@MsLomo wrote:

I work as a writer/editor. It's easy to make a mistake, and it's easy to miss a mistake when proofing. Language rules are complicated; it also depends what style (AP, APA, Chicago, etc.). There's a lot to learn and remember. I am constantly checking Merriam-Webster (online). I am always learning something new.

P.S. @MacDUFF, you are correct that the adjective "longtime" is one word (per Merriam-Webster).    I don't think I realized that before I checked M-W tonight!

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@MacDUFF@MsLomo

And I need my eyes checked. I was reading "long term." Lol. Thanks, now I need to go back to the thread about getting old as I have something to offer!

[MsLomo]

@SunValley, lol! It's sooo easy to do that! I worry that I'll miss something when I'm "on the clock."

[sallybusky]

[Justice4all]

Sooooo.....long-term is hyphenated, and longtime is one word.  Just want to immortalize it.

[cherry]

In  the northern part of the US, boughten is a common term. We use it, instead of store bought.

It is  correct

[MacDUFF]

[Justice4all]

@MacDUFF

My wish of shavua tov, which means have a good week in hebrew, changed into sharia tov, thanks to autocorrect.

[MacDUFF]

@MsLomo

Diagramming!  That's what we called it!  Thanks!

[MacDUFF]

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@Lucky Duck wrote:

MacDuff, thank you for introducing me to "execrable".  I had to look it up.  I'm not sure I will ever use that word but if I do, I will use it correctly.

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@Lucky Duck

You never know.  I think it's double points in Scrabble LOL.  

[MacDUFF]

@Justice4all

Oh my!!  Them's fightin' words in some parts of the world!  

Autocorrect stinks!