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Re: Check your vocabulary and dictionary!

 


@sallybusky wrote:

Is anyone else here bothered by companies that use improper punctuation in their national slogans? ( i'm lovin' it.) I'm not lovin' that, and wish McD's wouldn't do it!


@sallybusky

Ok, you've got me on this one. Other than the "I" not being capitalized, I'm missing the error.

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Re: Check your vocabulary and dictionary!


@novamc1 wrote:

@LilacTree

 

Judgment and judgement are both correct spellings.

 

  You will find that newspaper writers and other media types spell it without the "e" in the middle, while the legal profession and courts use the longer version.

 

The spelling is optional for other people, I guess.


Debatable.  English and American versions.  Many times usage determines why a dictionary might finally accept the wrong spelling of a word as a secondary acceptable spelling.  There is still controversy about the word "judgment."

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Re: Check your vocabulary and dictionary!


@Ms X wrote:

Good for you, Ford!  I'm sure your accountant boss valued your literacy.  One of my four sisters was trained as an accountant.  While she's very smart, she cannot spell AT ALL.  I'm sure you saved him a ton of embarrassment while working for him.


He was grateful for it, but frankly I don't think he cared much either way.

Formerly Ford1224
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Elie Wiesel 1986