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Originally Posted by mossguy
But you do think about it! (and make appropriate changes, I would guess.)
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Most people who have the ability probably do.
I have been know to jump on the Grammar Nazis that post elsewhere, because they over represent, derail threads, and darn it all, just aren't nice about it. I see no harm in correcting people if you are decent about it.
Thinking the world is going to change because we think it should is probably wishful thinking, as the literacy rate in America is still about the same as it was in George Washington's day. So figure at least one in five is totally illiterate. As for the rest of us, we fall into various degrees of literacy.
I don't know why some people NEVER seem to understand the difference between two, to and too, their, they're, etc. etc. ... but they don't.
If Mrs Grundy couldn't get through to them, why do you think you will ?