[S-99]

3) Students use the WiFi connection on school for other things then just doeing their homework, adding stress because homework has to be finished eventually (Because they now can play browser games instead of doeing their homework, they do, giving themselves less time to actually finish their homework, adding stress).

"Then" is a word for something happening next. "Than" is a word for unequal comparison.

I don't mind spelling mistakes so much; most are honest mistakes and the communication via writing was understood. I'm a little more annoyed with grammar problems, but so long as the message was clearly understood, i don't have so much of a problem except for one thing...

Using "then" in place of where the word "than" should be...makes me die inside a little every time.

I pretty much performed my own split. Bringing this up in the wifi sickness thread would have taken the thread off topic (i consider the wifi mutation jokes to be on topic in that thread).

[Shade]

I suggest replacing both with "Thæn". No more confusion!

[S-99]

That might a'splode my brain. Too dangerous
Too simple...for people to learn...how to use...these two...easy words...properly

My brains hurts right now. I need to think about something different, something other then this issue.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCKKK!!!!!!!!!!

[Scotty]

adding stress because homework has to be finished eventually

Sorry, what?  I'm pretty sure homework has to be finished eventually regardless of what you do beforehand.

Anyway, then/than, their/there/they're, are/our/r, ect. are still some of the most irritating "typos" I see people make.

[Herra Tohtori]

The Alot is better than you at everything.

[S-99]

That was a famous one back in elementary.

[Enigmatic Entity]

That might a'splode my brain. Too dangerous
Too simple...for people to learn...how to use...these two...easy words...properly

My brains hurts right now. I need to think about something different, something other then this issue.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCKKK!!!!!!!!!!

Did you know? I was listening to the FS2 Intro (haven't heard for ages...) and read your last line just as the Lucifer was about to open fire... 

[Flipside]

I've done it myself, not because of bad grammar, but because of finger-memory, when you've been a typist for a long time, your fingers form a 'memory' of certain words etc, and sometimes I don't proof-read, and I've automatically typed the wrong word.

[Aardwolf]

Oh, like those people who think there's an "x" in "et cetera" !!!

[Mongoose]

I've done it myself, not because of bad grammar, but because of finger-memory, when you've been a typist for a long time, your fingers form a 'memory' of certain words etc, and sometimes I don't proof-read, and I've automatically typed the wrong word.

I've done the same thing myself, which usually drives my conscious self nuts.

[Klaustrophobia]

i really have a hard time taking anyone seriously who demonstrates an inability to distinguish between THEIR, THERE, THEY'RE and other such mixups.  (meaning more than an occasional slipup).  to me, it just screams "moron".

[S-99]

There is locational, their is possesive, they're is they are. The three words aren't hard to get used to at all. In other words...

i really have a hard time taking anyone seriously who demonstrates an inability to distinguish between THEIR, THERE, THEY'RE and other such mixups.  (meaning more than an occasional slipup).  to me, it just screams "moron".

I hear you, this is the main reason i don't take the alaska independence party website seriously (rofl).

Then again one thing that really got me growing up was the "" problem herra mentioned (of course it's actually "a lot"). In 5th grade teachers were just having a hard time with "a lot" and the students. I always understood "a lot" to be one word which was ""; so did many other of the students in the school.

The big problem was caused by a lot of elementary school dictionaries used all over the school for all elementary grades. These dictionaries had "" listed as a word with a definition for the exact same usage and meaning of the two words "a lot".

Least to say, everyone had it very well ingrained in there head that it's actually "a lot". Then i think the school purchased new and better elementary school dictionaries.

[Grizzly]

adding stress because homework has to be finished eventually

Sorry, what?  I'm pretty sure homework has to be finished eventually regardless of what you do beforehand.

I meant on a set date, like tomorrow. Students tend to waste their time when they can.

But hey, why did this go into a seperate thread? I am not a native english speaker, if it bugs you that much, just send me a pm. This is much ado about nothing.

[S-99]

It's not about making fun of you, or picking apart what you were trying to say. Simply just the then/than issue. Your comment in the other thread reminded me of this issue and was convenient to use. The fact that this is not in the wifi illness thread i already stated in tiny text (and should be obvious since this is a new topic about something else).

The only exception here is that i guess scotty really couldn't help himself.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

After you've scrubbed all the floors in Hyrule, then we can talk about mercy! Take him away!

The Ice Queen is only marginally less powerful than the Winter King mounted at the front of the GTD Raynor.

[Wobble73]

My major mistake is actually a typo, I always get from to come out as form when typing too quickly and as they are both valid words, spellchecker never picks up on it. 

[TopAce]

Spellcheckers aren't 100% reliable.

[chief1983]

No one noticed 'doeing'?  It's in there TWICE.  Unless it means screwing a doe, it's not a word.

[Grizzly]

No one noticed 'doeing'?  It's in there TWICE.  Unless it means screwing a doe, it's not a word.

Yep, that's another quirk of me. 'oe' in dutch sounds very similar to the 'o' in 'Do'. I keep forever forgetting that it is actually spelled 'doing', but instictively, I read it as: "doing" (as like "boing" and other 'bounce' sounds) instead of "do-ing".

[Mongoose]

I've noticed a few people around here and elsewhere, presumably speakers of similar native languages, use "boxen" as the plural of "box."  Unfortunately, English doesn't make enough sense for box to match ox.