[stylist] Pet PVS

David Andrews dandrews at visi.com
Sat Mar 24 18:28:57 UTC 2012


My pet peave is people who write you y o u instead of your y o u r as 
in "Did you bring you money with you?"

Once you start looking for this one, you will see that it is quite 
common.  I have even seen it in newspapers and magazines.


Dave

At 09:09 PM 3/22/2012, you wrote:
>Barbara,
>You just reminded me of something that really gets me. Some people -- not
>always blind people either -- don't capitalize "I." I have Jaws, and it
>sometimes reads the lower case "I" in a manner that makes the person sound
>like they're a little touched.
>Donna
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Barbara Hammel
>Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:53 PM
>To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [stylist] Pet PVS
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>My biggest pet peeve is incorrect spelling.  And I also don't like this not
>capitalizing words that are traditionally written with them.
>Barbara
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>Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl Sandburg
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lynda Lambert
>Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:56 AM
>To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [stylist] Pet PVS
>
>I was wondering about pet peeves recently.
>Some folks dislike the toothpaste tube being squeezed in a certain way; some
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>dislike the toilet paper put on the roll one way; and then, towels that are
>not folded correctly...and more.
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>Do you have any  pet peeves about writing ?
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>Lynda Lambert
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>My Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com





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