Upserd Student Misspellings, Reeducks

[AvidReader]

We did port it over! But it's in teaching (I can merge the threads later): http://thefora.org/index.php?topic=1084.msg21307#msg21307

Bother! So sorry, and, yes, please do merge (when you can).

I think most of the students in this class worship Simbolizam, if this grading stack is any indication. Their papers all celebrate it, but none of them are able to articulate its mysteries very well. Definitely a cult.

AR.

[Parasaurolophus]

Not to worry!

Merger: successful!

[bopper]

Did we not carry over the thread for student misspellings from the old fora? Sorry if I missed it in the search, but this one was too good:

Student essay today refers to "symbolism" in the first two paragraphs and suddenly changes to "simbolizam" in the third and fourth paragraphs (including a parenthetical citation to the OED that misspells the word). Student goes back to "symbolism" for the works cited entry. The paper is uploaded in Word, which has flagged it as misspelled in every "izam" instance (there are seven).

The other half of the paper discusses irony.

AR.

I think simbolizam is the Croatian word for symbolism. Is this person Croatian or using Croatian sources?

[AvidReader]

I have not met this student in person, but given that the student attends high school in my Southern state, I suspect student is not Croatian. I did search the word on Google and it seems to be common in some other Eastern European countries. Maybe the student's spell check did something odd?

It appears maybe five times? The other paragraphs use "symbolism."

The cited source is the OED.

AR.

[jfmmgm]

One of my favorites was when a student submitted a paper on Beethoven, and within its 3 pages the composer's name was spelled 9 different ways!

[downer]

It flowed very lovelily.

[Aster]

"...could not walk because he was on crushes."

[apl68]

It flowed very lovelily.

If describing a lovely stream covered with lily pads, that would actually almost make sense.

[apl68]

"...could not walk because he was on crushes."

Well yes, if you're standing on a surface covered with easily-crushed items you might indeed want to stay put.

[Harlow2]

Tenant when what is meant is tenet.  I see this even at the grad level.

Also weary when wary is meant. 

[Langue_doc]

This is what happens when one relies on autocorrect instead of proofreading before printing or uploading the assignment.

[mamselle]

Or when Autocorrect goes in by stealth after you think you've checked everything and changes stuff behind your back.

My phone does that when I'm writing in French. I have to double-check everything twice before hitting send on a text because it refuses to 'learn' the words I use often enough that it ought to 'know them' by now.

(I know I could change languages, but finding the place to do that from keeps changing and making me mad..."

M.

[paultuttle]

Tenant when what is meant is tenet.  I see this even at the grad level.

Also weary when wary is meant.

And some have used weary when leery is meant, because of the weary=wary misperception.

[artalot]

I haven't gotten this one in a while: tempura instead of tempera. Makes me want sushi while I'm grading.

[downer]

"very absurb"

Yep.