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The more you know

By essay2 - 24/09/2011 18:47 - United States

Today, I found out that the double spacing format in an essay refers to the space between each line, not the words. I've been pressing the space bar twice between each word all through high school and halfway through college. FML

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By millavitsa - 03/01/2013 22:36 - Ukraine

Today, my mom asked me why MS Word keeps underlining some words. After I tried to convince her that you're supposed to put a space after commas, she started yelling at me for making her look stupid. I can never win. FML

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By slcbabii23 - 01/10/2009 07:56 - United States

Today, I realized how much I'm on the computer. I tried to "CTRL+Z" on something I wrote down on my paper. FML

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By shaifox96 - 17/04/2015 03:34 - Canada - Saint Catharines

Today, I received a terrible grade for an essay I worked really hard on. I had two friends, one being an English major, check it over. However, apparently I "clearly didn't use spellcheck" on this essay just like the last one I submitted to her. FML

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By lrn2spel, teach - This FML is from back in 2013 but it's good stuff - United States - Mogadore

Today, I got back the essay I wrote about how my country's education system is fucked. At one point, I made a spelling mistake. My teacher wrote a note about it, basically calling me illiterate, and telling me to pay attention in school instead of whining about it. She misspelled "school". FML

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By Anonymous - 04/10/2024 16:00 - Germany - Buchholz in der Nordheide

Today, people’s spelling has gotten so bad that I do a double take whenever I see “its” used in the place it’s actually supposed to go. FML

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America, hell yeah brother

By Anonymous - 03/10/2012 23:00 - United States - Tallahassee

Today, my teacher's comments on my essay read, "I know it's college, but you use a lot of unnecessary words with a lot of syllables." He basically scolded me for having a complex vocabulary. I go to an accredited state university. Nothing says "America" like under-achieving professors. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/02/2012 13:49 - United States

Today, I was writing my rough draft of an essay, and I forgot how to spell a word. I waited for auto correct to help. I was writing on paper. FML

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By leah_kascar - 22/08/2016 01:45 - United States - Hialeah

Today, in the class I'm teaching, I assigned my students an essay to complete for homework. One student asked me if I was deducting points for bad spelling. I teach English. FML

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By Anonymous - 08/11/2010 05:02 - United States

Today, I went through my spam folder. I found out that I'd received several emails telling me that I have been sending emails containing essays for a class of mine to the wrong address. The term ended yesterday. FML

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By Sadmom - 14/09/2016 02:15 - United States - Cherry Hill

Today, I found out that my son thinks it's acceptable to use words like "on fleek" in high school level essays. FML

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TJD28 3

Sunday 25 September 2011 1:58

your a really stupid person

MrLefty 8

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:01

*You're Unless my sarcasm detector is missing something.

Comments

cjhons 16

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:14

Really??? Really... Where the heLL did you go to HS?

yankfan89 27

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:14

How in the hell did you get into college?

Amazinggx23 0

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:14

smh did your teachers/professors not say anything?

mohammadkm95 6

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:14

I do that and double space in between lines so it seems longer than it is(:

JojoChuo 8

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:15

Don't worry op, a girl from one of my class thought you had to write one word on every two lines xD

RileySue50 10

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:18

Just wondering, do you have blonde hair?

WCARlover 34

Sunday 25 September 2011 3:06

Like you?

jedielf 23

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:18

Ouch. It's like going around with your fly unzipped, yeah? Except it's with essays.

pulkit10 3

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:18

he/she did not notice anybody else's work through high school and halfway through college?

Nukey 2

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:19

Wow. I don't even. Op's teachers probably didn't tell him because it was funnier to make him space twice between each word. XD ALTHOUGH some essay formats require you to use the spacebar twice after every sentence.