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<blockquote data-quote="Mike DN" data-source="post: 77534207" data-attributes="member: 418193"><p>Don't mean to pick on you, but I have a sincere interest in learning why so many younger (I'm 71 so most are younger than me.) people write "th<strong><em>e</em></strong>n" when they mean "th<strong><em>a</em></strong>n"? One of my theories is that it's related to a less than desirable speech habit of just quickly saying "th_n" or acquiescing to a tendency to spell a word the way the person <strong>thinks</strong> it sounds. Lately, I've even begun seeing the word "th<strong><em>a</em></strong>t" spelled "th<strong><em>e</em></strong>t". Maybe it's just easier to move the middle left finger the short distance up and to the left of "D" on the keyboard instead of pushing down on the "A" key with the left pinky? We Boomers will eventually be gone and forgotten along with our caring about being good spellers. But, while still able to read, write and type, this will remain an important aspect of communication to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike DN, post: 77534207, member: 418193"] Don't mean to pick on you, but I have a sincere interest in learning why so many younger (I'm 71 so most are younger than me.) people write "th[B][I]e[/I][/B]n" when they mean "th[B][I]a[/I][/B]n"? One of my theories is that it's related to a less than desirable speech habit of just quickly saying "th_n" or acquiescing to a tendency to spell a word the way the person [B]thinks[/B] it sounds. Lately, I've even begun seeing the word "th[B][I]a[/I][/B]t" spelled "th[B][I]e[/I][/B]t". Maybe it's just easier to move the middle left finger the short distance up and to the left of "D" on the keyboard instead of pushing down on the "A" key with the left pinky? We Boomers will eventually be gone and forgotten along with our caring about being good spellers. But, while still able to read, write and type, this will remain an important aspect of communication to me. [/QUOTE]
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