[stylist] Pet PVS

David Andrews dandrews at visi.com
Sun Mar 25 01:11:41 UTC 2012


It is a mistake.  If it is an abbreviation, it isn't one I have heard 
of.  I think it is just a common error, and a spell checker obviously 
does not catch it.

Dave

At 07:59 PM 3/24/2012, you wrote:
>I've seen it before.  (Do you homework) haha.
>I have thought it was a mistake on the person's part, plus all they 
>have to do is right an r.  That abbreviation is weird.
>Vejas
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com
>To: Writer's Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:28:57 -0500
>Subject: Re: [stylist] Pet PVS
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>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?"
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>Once you start looking for this one, you will see that it is quite
>common.  I have even seen it in newspapers and magazines.
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>Dave
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>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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