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Old 01-23-2026, 08:25 PM   #4861
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My engineer friend spelt it as “looser.” Good at math, not reading and writing.
The worst is when someone says 'stop being so bias'. You need that -ed or you are dumb. My scatterbrain grammar is a nightmare when i re-read it.
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Old 01-23-2026, 11:05 PM   #4862
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My engineer friend spelt it as “looser.” Good at math, not reading and writing.
I took a year of Engineering at university. One of the first-year courses was "Technical Writing". The prof taught spelling and grammar.
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Old 01-23-2026, 11:34 PM   #4863
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I took a year of Engineering at university. One of the first-year courses was "Technical Writing". The prof taught spelling and grammar.

Yep. “Speak & Spell” is what we affectionately called the technical writing and presentations class.
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Yep. “Speak & Spell” is what we affectionately called the technical writing and presentations class.
Getting exempted from that was one of the highlights of my university education
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