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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
Today, I realized how much I'm on the computer. I tried to "CTRL+Z" on something I wrote down on my paper. FML
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
your a really stupid person
MrLefty 8
*You're Unless my sarcasm detector is missing something.
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TJD28 3
your a really stupid person
MrLefty 8
*You're Unless my sarcasm detector is missing something.
Deamoner 0
Than so am I
fatme2012 7
YDI. That is all.
iluvhobos 5
None of your teachers noticed or said anything that whole time? Most schools have a pretty strict format to follow, and points would have been majorly deducted for that if someone noticed, which they should have. And 10, nice, I see what you did there.
ariannaimelda 7
Didn't OPs teachers ever tell him? They probably marked him/her down for getting the format wrong
worldcupcheer17 0
I did that in like 8th grade too! don't worry op you're not alone.
xlord 27
I'm still trying to figure out how OP got into college.
Blissfull_Sin 7
What da hell... Then u have had horrible teachers because no one bothered to tell u wat u were doin wrong!
farhil 14
10, I sea what you did there
AffrontedFetus 0
Ok sure he's "stupid" but you're missing something here. He may not have double spaced lines, but he's still used a considerable amount by double spacing words. This is a win if he's never been caught.
mikeyb102 0
Same thing happened to me :P only took me about 2 papers to figure it out lol
drawmesunshine 17
10, 70 Aye did naught sea what yew did they're.
thatmirandachick 7
Oh the irony.
max_wilder 9
You are a retard
castrosabeast 7
You're the one who likes the islanders. However, OP is still more stupid than you!
amkaye 1
Fake.
knablbri97 0
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Dumbbutt
boyslikegirls97 0
And that's still not how you double space
CryMoreFMLs 15
Dumb Butt Did i do it right?
fuzz97 23
And no one ever corrected you? That seems dubious.
medotcom 0
Wow, how could you be so dumb?
stephan18 23
How did he get through high school and college?
divadro102 16
That's not their fault. Teachers are supposed to do their job. Not everyone is tech savvy.
bntilley 2
seriously? why would you ever think that?!?
hey_its_kristi 0
I thought that's what it meant... In sixth grade.
scruffy_janitor5 1
You sir, are retarded.
L_Lovegood 19
...because everybody should be smart enough to know that if there really was a need for more space between the words, the computer-inventor guys would just have made the space made by the spacebutton larger. (soz meant for guy below)
Shrike 24
then wouldn't they increase the spacing between paragraphs too? besides, it's a manual of style issue, not every place uses double spacing. don't get me wrong, the OP's a moron, but your argument is just as ******* moronic
L_Lovegood 19
I get your point. Sorry.
abouttofly 12
If no one told them what it meant, how are they supposed to know?
YayFlameWarz 9
because there's a function on Microsoft Word that double spaces your writing for you.
hey_its_kristi 0
^ And how are you supposed to know when to use it, if no one told you?
JustJoJo124 5
^agreed
punjabi44 0
Lol..
smurfsarwales 9
wait whahht? that's not what double spacing is? shit