Subject: | |
From: | |
Reply To: | |
Date: | Thu, 25 May 2006 09:57:07 +0300 |
Content-Type: | text/plain |
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
I saw this on another list, from someone berating another poster's
language skills,
"... people are still going to disapprove of you if you spell wrong, write?"
So I went to Google for a quick check:
"spell wrong" got more than 26,000 hits
"spell incorrectly" got about 9,000 hits
and "spell wrongly" got less than 700 hits.
That's more or less what I'd expect to find. So, what is happening
here? Do you flag "spell wrong", "act wrong", "play wrong" as errors?
Are spell, act, play suddenly nouns? Or, is wrong now an adjective form?
Omar
To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html
and select "Join or leave the list"
Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/
|
|
|