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Originally posted by Reeka:
I did correct it. I know everyone undertood what I meant. Actually, I was a bit ambivalent about it when I wrote it--the "sh" sound is so variable in its writen interpretation. Just for the rocord, do you consider "conscientous" a big word? 
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The Dutch equivalent "consciëntieus" certainly is... A few years ago during a National Dictation on TV, it was one of the most often misspelled words of all; most people managed to make up to three mistakes in only one single word. Don't really know anyone in the Netherlands who would actually use it in normal conversation, either (well, except perhaps for Drs. P - long story
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Haven't seen it being used that often either in English, but perhaps I'm just not paying enough attention to really notice it. I'm not a native English speaker, anyways.
And you were able to edit it? Ah! Wasn't aware Ziroc disabled the time limit of the edit function. Good news, in my opinion. [img]smile.gif[/img]
And Bardan, thanks for the explanation! Though don't tell me there aren't any spelling errors which don't make your blood boil or at least make you scream out in helpless frustration; I can't imagine you'd make a similar plea for every single one of the spelling errors you come across, even when the meaning *is* perfectly clear.
[ 06-15-2003, 03:47 PM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]