There is a right time and a wrong time to be a stickler when it comes to grammar. This is the wrong time.
Isn't it more of a spelling correction than a grammar correction? Still, I have to admit that this made me chuckle.
I have to admit that this made me chuckle.
I quake in fear whenever I peer into the minds of teenagers. The spelling mistake, which may have just been a typo on one of those tiny texting keyboards, is the least of their problems.
This is not new, not due to recent decline, and not a result of casual typing.
As a gift to my brother in celebration of his graduation from med. school 30 years ago, I bought him a clock, and ordered a small brass plaque from the same jeweler. The plaque was to be applied to the back of the clock. The plaque was to be inscribed with the date, his name, and one other word. You guessed it. Same misspelling. I presented the clock to him sans plaque and re-presented it to him when they were able to redo it.
I'm sure that misspellings go back to the Stone Age. A few years back a city library not far from me was scandalized by misspelled words: Library