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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 - 12/12/2013 18:00 - 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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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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Brain worms

By The Wherewolf - 08/10/2023 19:30

Today, I was so tired at work that I typed out "wherehouse" instead of "warehouse" in a document shared with my co-workers. It took me several seconds to realize why the heck the spell checker had underlined "wherehouse" in red. 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

lukotheboss2 0

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:42

You're retarded.

Btreasure 8

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:45

I guess that's one way to look at it.

Fa7_fml 0

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:45

Oh geez you're one of those typers?!? HAHAHA!!! what a fail!

Jorcar 8

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:47

No way op. I thought the same thing!

jbong 0

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:48

This is this the "fml" format

xXxUNiQU3xXx 0

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:50

I thought it meant the same thing, not that I bothered to do it.

vbmg152 18

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:50

How did you get into college??

KiddFlash 0

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:52

You my friend... Ur a dumbass

ukrichu 14

Sunday 25 September 2011 2:54

Ouch ? I always thought it was literally double spaced... Um, thanks...?

NickiJane 0

Sunday 25 September 2011 3:00

I did that too.. Until my teacher told me. I felt like an idiot. I couldn't understand why the heck they would want 2 spaces between each word. I don't blame you at all.