I'm with you on this one Lena. I work hard to keep my text grammatically correct and understandable so there won't be a dozen posts asking me what I meant. It is a sign of respect for the reader and this is a quality that is failing in our society... In my humble opinion. PT
________________________________ From: Lena Guyot <drumr...@stny.rr.com> To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 7:26 PM Subject: Re: CS>Arthritus Uh, it's spelled Arthritis... What can I say? Before Lyme nibbled at my brain I was a book editor! (still am, so this edit was a freebie.) Face it: the language is getting frayed around the edges. You'd be surprised how hard I work on my posts to catch my own faux pas and typos: it's a mark of respect for the reader, especially when there's the possibility that 'N-Acetyl carnitine' was really meant to be N-Acetyl carnosine. I've seen some scary spelling errors in some groups. Reading less, we tend to spell phonetically these days, and heaven forfend we could use google to check on the spelling of a heard but unread word (something I try to do) Sometimes, this is funny, like when someone referred to the 'duck vile', meaning bile ducts. Between the 'ducks' and the 'gulls' we turn from health to ornithology. The trouble is, it makes it harder for us to be taken seriously by docs and others who might be trying to help us. Personally, I always appreciate when someone corrects my spelling, though not quite so appreciative to be called 'anal'. Be well, Léna On Jul 25, 2013, at 7:03 PM, Gary Hilt wrote: Sorry for my faux pas but it does seen a little anal. :O) > > > >On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Lena Guyot <drumr...@stny.rr.com> wrote: > >The thread started here, I think. It's spelled 'arthritis'. Hate to see errors >repeated over and over again, because the more they're repeated, the more they >look right and then we're all stuck thinking we've been misspelling when we >haven't. In one group, the doomed word was 'gull' bladder. For myself, it took >me almost two years to finally get 'ophthalmologist' right. :-) Léna >>On Jul 25, 2013, at 8:27 AM, Gary Hilt wrote: >> >> >> >>Hi to all: im back again to find some wisdom. >>>i have 2 bad shoulders both worked on rotator etc. and both hips. i try to >>>walk with the aid of a rolling walker and i ride a bike. >>>im using Capsaisin which affords some relief and i have used DMSO little >>>help. i also use Capsaison capsules and ginger. Any ideas for Arthritic pain >>>and soreness. im 65 >>>Thank You >>>gary >>> >>> >>>-- >>> >>>Eph 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord >>>Jesus Christ. >>>Gary & Lennie >> > > > >-- > >Eph 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord >Jesus Christ. >Gary & Lennie
