Definition of Border

[Jean Sewing Machine]

I'm sorry, please don't be angry at me for mentioning this. Our English language has so many words in it that sound the same but are spelled differently. One that we quilters use a lot is the word BORDER.

BORDER--is defined as the perimeter around a given space. We apply borders to our quilts.

BOARDER--is defined as someone who pays money to stay in a space, as in paying room and board at college.

Just thought I'd mention it.

[Molamola]

Ha, ha, ha, that has been quietly annoying me too!

[buckeyequilter]

LOL...been annoying me too....takes me longer to read stuff sometimes because I have to backtrack to find out what they really meant.

[Sandy Navas]

The ones that bother me are "their, there", "your's, yours", and most of all (although it is used widely even with journalists) "that" being used for who and/or whom. Also bothersome . . . "me and her", "me and him". Never put yourself first.

Thank you, Mrs. Price.

[Cat n bull]

I'm sorry, please don't be angry at me for mentioning this. Our English language has so many words in it that sound the same but are spelled differently. One that we quilters use a lot is the word BORDER.

BORDER--is defined as the perimeter around a given space. We apply borders to our quilts.

BOARDER--is defined as someone who pays money to stay in a space, as in paying room and board at college.

Just thought I'd mention it.

Now Jean, don't leave out the boarders- those who ride boards-like snowboards.

And my personal cringe worthy phrase is "I seen...." like "I seen a boarder yesterday on a pink snowboard."

[KerriS]

Yes, I noticed that too, and I really must admit, that I'm a little relieved, that it is not only me, struggeling with the english language..

But I think, there is in general a problem with correct orthography at/in/on (?) the internet.
It is really annoying me in german forums, sometimes I'm under the impression, that the writer never saw a school from the inside. Often it is just lazyness, especially in german, where we have nouns starting with a capital letter. 80% ignore that in a forum, just like the punctuation. A text like that is really hard to read.

[buckeyequilter]

Alrighty then......mine are:
sit/sat/set
to/too/two
alot

Some words just really stand out when used incorrectly.

[Jean Sewing Machine]

Now Jean, don't leave out the boarders- those who ride boards-like snowboards.

And my personal cringe worthy phrase is "I seen...." like "I seen a boarder yesterday on a pink snowboard."

Or the skaters, but they don't call them boarders! Or surfer dudes! Showing my generational bias in leaving these definitons out of my lesson for today! Thank heaven I've not been run out of the forum for mentioning it!

[Klasien]

Mine are:
Where / were
Then / than

But hé I'm from Holland

[toggpine]

...Sometimes I'm under the impression, that the writer never saw a school from the inside.

Kerstin I love this! You have NO idea how many times I have thought the same thing!

It is not just you and your countrymen that have cornered the market on the lazy writing problem. You should see the stuff my sister has to sift through when grading high school papers. I would need a crate of red pencils to correct the students' work. She says that they are not allowed to use red pencils any longer, because it makes the kids feel like the didn't do well. Aaarrgggh! When you can't tell the difference between to, too, and two - YOU DID NOT DO WELL! By the way, the kids can't receive "F" grades on an assignment any longer. They get a "NQTY", Not Quite There Yet. How is that going to work for you in the corporate world?

My daughter is going to hate having me as her mother by the time she is done with school. That kind of work is NOT going to fly in my house.
OK! Off my soap box on that one!