I don't care to pick out negatives-
I'd rather pick out pecans.

X-ring, Don't ril.... errr anger the gramer err speil..... errr grammar police, yeah that's it.
But at least the real police are doing there job 24/7/365.

Lol....a thread about a drive by shooting turns into a spelling contest. I needed a good laugh on a rainy Monday.

Oh excuse me, that was suppose to be (of).

thewaywardwind
Was just trying to make a point. Maybe a lot of children was under a teacher as my son was. And they wasn't taught how to spell, or was told it wasn't important. I wasn't downing the teacher, I was telling what happened to me and my son. And was using it as an example.
Did I spell everything right for you this time?
I'm sick of people picking out negative all ot the time.
My Thoughts

YOU'RE the one who was complaining about the teachers. I'm perfectly able to understand what was meant, but I just thought that since you were pointing out the mistake the teacher made, well................ So, as one imperfect blogger to another, have a wonderful day and stay warm.

My children are grown, and have children of their own now. So my grammar don't matter, I don't work for the public. So it seems that only a few observe other's mistakes. You need to lighten up, and stop picking out the negative in every word wrote. People do understand what a person is trying to say even if the word is not spelled right.
Like I said, no one is perfect, and I am not perfect, never will be, nor do I want to be.
Only snobs think they are perfect.

Wondering...I'm glad you recognize that no one is perfect. You might want to check your first sentence. It's a fragment. You might also want to re-examine teacher's. That apostrophe doesn't belong. I mean, since you're complaining about teachers and the fact they don't care about proper grammar and spelling it would behoove you to remember the story about the man throwing stones in a glass house.

It was not a spelling error. The wrong word was used.

I realize that nobody is perfect. You'd just expect someone college educated and employed as an editor to catch that kind of error. Regarding your son's teacher, this is my observation on public education in general. When I was in jr high and high school, our teachers had some vested interest in the community, either their children were in the same schools they taught in or they had taught in our schools for some time and cared about the community and the children they taught them in. My observation now is the newer generation of teachers (not all of them, but only some) are using the schools in this area as a stepping stone to greener pastures and higher pay and are only going through the motions.

When my son was in Howell Middle School, one of his teacher's told me. It isn't important that he spells good, it's just important that he gets it done, and that she could understand what he was trying to write. I argued with her, and told her I wanted my son to learn how to spell. So some of the teacher's don't care if your child can spell or not. My mother drilled me, as I did my children in school on spelling. But, never will I or many learn how to spell every word, unless we use it regularly. No one is perfect.
My Thoughts

The only reason this error bothers me is because most people out there do not realize it's an error. It saddens me how people who graduate from high school now days can not seem to compose a sentence using proper grammar and punctuation.

there was a shoot out a few years ago between rival gangs in a major city. police recovered over 150 shell casings.
news report stated there were no significant injuries.

HE TOOK 4 SHOTS AND ONLY HIT HIM ONE TIME IN THE LEG??????. IM GLAD THIS GUY ISNT IN IRAQ FIGHTING TERRORIST'S.

Good Grief are they not entitled to a type 0 error. I could see some of you posters
bashing the VA for not printing the story. Gosh, its a new year lets be nice for a
change. Thanx VA for reporting on this story.

Nikita - is your statement based upon experience? Do you know the officers of Victoria? Tell me what was the reason for the SWAT call? Oh, let me guess, your bashing just to bash.

So what would your opinion be if one of our boys took a bullet when responding to a "shots fired" call? You probably would have been crying "foul" and claiming that Victoria wasn't doing enough to combat crime.

Thugs need to be summarily dealt extreme force and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Rule #1 - if you are going to a gunfight, bring enough gun...and take another just like for back up.

Nikita,

The Victoria Police Department has its own SWAT team so you are wrong, the Victoria Police Department was able to handle the situation.

Whenever you are dealing with a subject who has just someone it might make sense to bring in a team with a little more armor and fire power...don't you think?

You are very right Bigdaddy.
Not to sound mean to the people of Victoria...but....
The workers at the "Advocate" cannot write a story without embarrassing themselves.
I also find it highly amusing that the entire Victoria police force could not handle this situation without calling in a SWAT team. Put these cops in NYC just as a test. They would not survive any longer than 30 minutes.

Just another case of "Victoria's Finest."

Okay, this is pretty normal for the advocate. The reporters need to simplify their writing so that those with even an 8th grade education can read the articles (like the reporters themselves). Try using awake next time.

CONSCIOUS!! NOT CONSCIENCE!!
conscious is awake and alert. conscience is that voice in your head that tells you right from wrong!!