Passed/past

seun · Apr 23, 2009

I think my brain has gone on holiday. Either that or I've been looking at this line for so long it now means nothing.

Not a foot from him, a screaming woman runs past.

Or

Not a foot from him, a screaming woman runs passed.

Kitty Pryde · Apr 23, 2009

Past.

seun · Apr 23, 2009

Thanks. I thought it was, but like I said, my brain didn't want to know.

Kitty Pryde · Apr 23, 2009

If you stare at a word for too long, you can reach the point where you don't know if it's the right one, you don't know what it means, and you don't even think it's a real word. I've been there

RJK · Apr 27, 2009

I'll bet you've passed this test in the past.

melaniehoo · Apr 27, 2009

seun said:
I think my brain has gone on holiday. Either that or I've been looking at this line for so long it now means nothing.

Not a foot from him, a screaming woman runs past.

Or

Not a foot from him, a screaming woman runs passed.

I have had this exact same dilemma. I looked it up and still wasn't convinced I was using correctly. I think I switched my line to read "a woman ran by."

Maryn · Apr 27, 2009

This is one of the very rare times when I might put that one sentence into its own document and let Grammar Check tell me. The rest of the time, I keep it locked in a box which I've wrapped with heavy chains.

I've had similar issues, of course. Maybe not those two words, but the same damned thing.

Maryn--or is it Marin, or MaryN, or Marine, or MareIn...

Deleted member 42 · Apr 27, 2009

I'm not being facetious here, but more often than not, these questions can be answered by the dictionary--speaking as someone who is profoundly dysphonetic.

Perks · Apr 27, 2009

Kitty Pryde said:
If you stare at a word for too long, you can reach the point where you don't know if it's the right one, you don't know what it means, and you don't even think it's a real word. I've been there

Somehow, once, I typed the word 'was' and the Devil on my shoulder planted the niggle that it was spelled wrong. I looked and looked and looked until w-a-s became completely meaningless.

It was actually a scary moment, in some small way.

I think, perhaps, I am a tiny bit crazy.

Chase · Apr 27, 2009

This thread has me peeked. Peaked? Piqued!

Where's that damn dictionary? Dammed? Damned!

Shouldn't have gone their. They're? There, may be . . . May bee. . . .

Deleted member 42 · Apr 27, 2009

Perks said:
Somehow, once, I typed the word 'was' and the Devil on my shoulder planted the niggle that it was spelled wrong. I looked and looked and looked until w-a-s became completely meaningless.

It was actually a scary moment, in some small way.

I think, perhaps, I am a tiny bit crazy.

There are words I can't spell. Ever. I have a list where I can see them.

And yeah, there are times when a really simple word just looks wrong. And sometimes, it is wrong, but a lot of times I'm just insane.

seun · May 3, 2009

Medievalist said:
There are words I can't spell. Ever. I have a list where I can see them.

And yeah, there are times when a really simple word just looks wrong. And sometimes, it is wrong, but a lot of times I'm just insane.

That's what happened to me in this case. It's happened a few times before. Nice to know it's not just me.

backslashbaby · May 3, 2009

'School' got me the other day. I thought I was losing my mind.

scarletpeaches · May 3, 2009

I once forgot how to spell 'any'.

"E-n-n-y? E-n-ey? No, wait..."

I blame the migraine meds.

KTC · May 3, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
I once forgot how to spell 'any'.

"E-n-n-y? E-n-ey? No, wait..."

I blame the migraine meds.

I blame your accent. (-;

scarletpeaches · May 3, 2009

You don't know what you're talking aboot.

seun · May 3, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
You don't know what you're talking aboot.

I had to read that twice before I realised. Maybe I'm just a bit of a thicky.

davidnowlin · May 7, 2009

The sensation that one has never seen a common word before is called Jamais vu. Tom Stoppard described it memorably in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead:

Has it ever happened to you that all of a sudden and for no reason at all you haven't the faintest idea how to spell the word "wife"--or "house"--because when you write it down you just can't remember ever having seen those letters in that order before...?

Jamais vu is often described as being 'the opposite of deja vu,' according to Wikipedia. There's also a third 'vu': Presque vu. The sensation that the knowledge is there, but it just can't be accessed. The 'tip of the tongue' sensation.

Each of these, I think, is just a minor, temporary neuro-chemical glitch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamais_vu

Passed/past

seun

Horror Man

Kitty Pryde

i luv you giant bear statue

seun

Horror Man

Kitty Pryde

i luv you giant bear statue

RJK

Sheriff Bullwinkle the Poet says:

melaniehoo

And thus we begin the edits

Maryn

I Tried

Deleted member 42

Perks

delicate #!&@*#! flower

Chase

It Takes All of Us to End Racism

Deleted member 42

seun

Horror Man

backslashbaby

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scarletpeaches

KTC

Stand in the Place Where You Live

scarletpeaches

seun

Horror Man

davidnowlin

Passed/past

Horror Man

i luv you giant bear statue

Horror Man

i luv you giant bear statue

Sheriff Bullwinkle the Poet says:

And thus we begin the edits

I Tried

Deleted member 42

delicate #!&@*#! flower

It Takes All of Us to End Racism

Deleted member 42

Horror Man

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Stand in the Place Where You Live

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