where or were / were or where


The one that always gets me is when you see a professional organization put out flyers or posters that say "Your Invited". It's one thing when an individual messes up, as we all make mistakes, but when you put out an official advertisement for an event and you can't even get "You're Invited" right, it brings their organizational skills into questions.
 
As I looked back at what I wrote, I realized that I've seen both "useage" and "usage" used for that word. Good exercise for me to go lookup the correct way on that word.
 
The generally accepted spelling is "usage". I like how it looks when the second "e" is added. Maybe I'll continue to spell it wrong. lol
 
Caulk the tub with silicon.

Make your electronic chips out of silicone.

(both uses above are wrong, buy the way)

Both used interchangeably on this site and others, even though both are properly pronounced differently.
 
(quoted from post at 11:46:50 06/24/18)
The one that always gets me is when you see a professional organization put out flyers or posters that say "Your Invited". It's one thing when an individual messes up, as we all make mistakes, but when you put out an official advertisement for an event and you can't even get "You're Invited" right, it brings their organizational skills into questions.

I live in an area of North Dakota that used to be called "The Durum Triangle because lots of durum wheat (read that "pasta") used to be raised here.

A couple of years ago a big-name ag insurance agency comes in and repeatedly runs ads that they are in the "Durham Triangle",

Durham???
 
(quoted from post at 11:46:50 06/24/18)
The one that always gets me is when you see a professional organization put out flyers or posters that say "Your Invited". It's one thing when an individual messes up, as we all make mistakes, but when you put out an official advertisement for an event and you can't even get "You're Invited" right, it brings their organizational skills into questions.

I don't usually get involved with threads like this, but as long as the subject of inviting came up....

Since when did "invite" become a noun? People used to send out "invitations". Now they send out "invites". I was always taught that if you wanted to "invite" someone to your party you sent them an "invitation". Not any more, apparently.
 
What I've found is that it's starting to affect me and how I write. In years past I've NEVER had a problem mixing up two/too/to, for example, but now I do it way too often.

But... WHO CARES AS LONG AS THE MESSAGE GETS ACROSS? Right? That's what's they yell at you when you bring a someone's spelling and grammar into question... and they're also the same people that have an apoplexy when they hear people speaking Spanish on the street.
 

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