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   Helen Caterposted 14 years ago

   Also my punctuation has fallen down a well.....What is happening to me the most simple words I forget how to spell. I may need to go back and repeat my English exams....Is it just me or does anyone else worry about these things.

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      Eaglekiwiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      All the time Ive got this love /hate thing with 'i' before 'e' drives me batty!!.
      My backspace button sure takes a pounding

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         earnestshubposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Me too!

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      AEvansposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      You are not alone it comes with maturity I certainly do not like to say age. lolololo

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      mtsi1098posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I have never been good at spelling so as I get older I am not really losing anything:)

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   JamesCurtisposted 14 years ago

   I always try and remember that line "i before e except after c", but always forget. Weird.

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      darksideposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, very 'wierd'.

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   Helen Caterposted 14 years ago

   I have problems where to place punctuation and sometimes I take a wild guess and hope for the best....so uncool...I only just leant not to spell buisiness as business...been spelling it that way for years.

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   Aquaposted 14 years ago

   Oh Helen, you are a kindred spirit. Yes, the older I get the more problems I have with spelling and punctuation. And to think I used to want to major in English...sigh ~

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   Aquaposted 14 years ago

   Yes, Maturity...that's it!

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      Helen Caterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Is that what it is...gosh you mean it's going to get worse.

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   Jane@CMposted 14 years ago

   I totally understand.  This is why I'm devoted to MS Word and Firefox...they save me from eternally spelling wrong.  Punctuation is easy for me, although I tend to have run on sentences - I just can't stop myself, you see.
   
   On tip I learned after I was diagnosed with Dyslexia, read your sentences/paragraphs backwards.  Yes, its daunting, but you catch your grammatical errors and capitalization errors easier.

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      emievilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I read in another thread (forgot the topic) that it is better to write the hub first in MS Word before copying and pasting on hubpages. I took that advice and I sure am glad I did. It saved me from all those misspelled words and missing punctuation marks I kept having before. Whoever gave that advice, thank you.

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         GeneralHowitzerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Hehehe you just know this recently LOL there emievil...
         
         This is what I do hehehe... Everytime I type directly to hubpages awww I got a lot of faulty grammar and misspelled words.

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         Helen Caterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Oh boy here we go, i just know i'm gunna kick myself for asking , and before you all start, yes i am blond...What the hell is MS I thought it was a desease. easy explanations please...Blond with no lights on here!!!!

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            dohn121posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            MS = Microsoft My suggestion to fix your spelling problems is to read as much as you can!  Getting into a habit of reading will breed discipline and memory (for spelling, etc.) Not to mention it's fun

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               Helen Caterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               more reading you must be joking. I read 3 books per week and have done for the last 15 years..OK I admit since i started hubbing it's been none...but that's only 9 days...There must be something wrong with me.A brain disfunction...gawd did I spell that right.

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                  dohn121posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  Okay, but do you work at trying to improve your spelling/grammar? I'm sure if you put some effort into it, you will excel!  English is actually my second language and I also grew up learning both Thai and Lao (I had no other choice).  You'll improve only if you want to

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                     Helen Caterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                     Oh for sure I am everyday. I'm just a bit of a perfectionist in anything I do..I drive myself crazy..never mind those around me. Think I might take my English Lit and Language degree again...It was 20 years ago.

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   LVMposted 14 years ago

   It's time someone write about enhancing memory.

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      Helen Caterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      You can buy those brain training games..I have one and look where it has got me..Went over my hubs at 5 oclock this morning and I could not beleive all the mistakes in there...I swear to you all they were not there yesterday...I think we have a grammer devil in the hub who goes around changing the text.

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   Uninvited Writerposted 14 years ago

   I always spell weird incorrectly too...

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      JamesCurtisposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thought of this thread today when I started my new hub
      "How to write an online dataing profile that works"
      followed by another new hub
      "How to write an online dateing profile that works"
      Bah. I now have these two borked URLs sitting in my profile taunting me...

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   sabrebIadeposted 14 years ago

   I write in notepad, transfer it to Open Office, do a spell check, transfer it to Hub Pages, look for spelling errors and I STILL miss some.
   I have a bad habit of getting into typing and just let the words flow and not worrying about what I am typing, just what I am thinking.
   So don't feel bad.

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      mtsi1098posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I use OpenOffice just not for correcting my spelling mistakes

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    Anti-Valentineposted 14 years ago

    Well, I use MS Word, so it picks up spelling and grammar errors, and here on the forums, the similar squiggly lines appear if you make a mistake.
    
    I make sure to check.
    
    But writing on hubs is different, the text capsules don't indicate spelling mistakes as far as I know...yet.

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       sabrebIadeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Hmmmm... I wonder why mine does.

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          Anti-Valentineposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          It does, but not automatically like Word. And if you check the spelling or something, then it messes up everything in the text capsule.
          
          I don't use it. I forgot it was even there.

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    \Brenda Scullyposted 14 years ago

    well some days i spell well..... other days i make quite a few mistakes... grammar needs really brushing up on, i know.  Writing most days now though, i am sure we must improve with time, even if we have lapses in memory, or as my sister calls them senior moments.....

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