I agree with brewergnome - some of those are preferences, not hard and fast rules. And I've never even heard the word preventive before. Dictionary.com says that both preventive and preventative are OK.
I'm willing to cut a little slack on the issues that I know are tricky and common (me/myself, affect/effect, lie/lay, grocer's apostrophes, etc.) But spelling errors? No way. And you'd better get your contractions right, too. Just stop and think what you're trying to say! (They're/there/their, could've/'could of', etc.)
I guess it stems from both parents teaching me good grammar - my father, an engineer, would regularly correct the speech of my mother, an English teacher.
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on 14 Jun 2006 17:54 (UTC)I'm willing to cut a little slack on the issues that I know are tricky and common (me/myself, affect/effect, lie/lay, grocer's apostrophes, etc.) But spelling errors? No way. And you'd better get your contractions right, too. Just stop and think what you're trying to say! (They're/there/their, could've/'could of', etc.)
I guess it stems from both parents teaching me good grammar - my father, an engineer, would regularly correct the speech of my mother, an English teacher.