How important is spelling and punctuation to you?

   / How important is spelling and punctuation to you? #171  
Some folks can pick more nits than father and son spider monkeys being interviewed on NatGeo... :D
 
   / How important is spelling and punctuation to you? #172  
Speaking of spelling, have you ever watched the finals of the "National Spelling Bee" on ESPN? Those kids are truly amazing.

Steve
 
   / How important is spelling and punctuation to you? #173  
Speaking of spelling, have you ever watched the finals of the "National Spelling Bee" on ESPN? Those kids are truly amazing.

Steve

One of my kids went to the state geography bee. That was something. She lasted a few rounds. Kid that won went on to national. That kid was from a home school family that my wife knows. They've had two kids qualify for the national spelling bee and one for the national geography bee two or three times! Crazy smart kids with crazy smart parents (mostly mom). Nicest kids you'd ever meet. :thumbsup: They home schooled because they had a whole herd of kids, didn't trust public schools and thought they could do a better job.... they did. :)
 
   / How important is spelling and punctuation to you? #174  
One of my kids went to the state geography bee. That was something. She lasted a few rounds. Kid that won went on to national. That kid was from a home school family that my wife knows. They've had two kids qualify for the national spelling bee and one for the national geography bee two or three times! Crazy smart kids with crazy smart parents (mostly mom). Nicest kids you'd ever meet. :thumbsup: They home schooled because they had a whole herd of kids, didn't trust public schools and thought they could do a better job.... they did. :)

Congratulations to your daughter for making it that far.

I noticed that many of the spelling bee finalists were home schooled, and that second-generation Indians excelled.

Steve
 
   / How important is spelling and punctuation to you? #175  
Congratulations to your daughter for making it that far.

I noticed that many of the spelling bee finalists were home schooled, and that second-generation Indians excelled.

Steve

You familiar with that show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? That's about the cutoff where my wife and I couldn't help our two girls with school anymore. It was beyond us. :laughing:
 
   / How important is spelling and punctuation to you? #178  
Was this mistake intentional to give us "Grammar Nazis" something to do?

And, to stir the pot a bit, shouldn't it be "grammar nazis" as grammar certainly is not a proper noun and **** in this context is not referring directly to the historical entity?

orthography - "grammar ****" or "grammar ****"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

Tag, you're it!:thumbsup:
 
   / How important is spelling and punctuation to you? #179  
Time to exit, stage left...and in the words of Mickey Spillane, when folks get to arguing over grammar and verb usage, I get out quick!
 
   / How important is spelling and punctuation to you? #180  
Time to exit, stage left...and in the words of Mickey Spillane, when folks get to arguing over grammar and verb usage, I get out quick!

Did you mean quick or quickly??? :D
 

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