Hay, ibook question

[Decahedron]

mad jew's free tip of the day: You may as well write properly on boards like these, if only to get more practice. I understand that sometimes you can't be bothered, but see it as a chance to improve your eloquent diction.

You can buy it once you've got your Mac so long as it's within a year of purchase.

not gonna respond to first part.
as for the having a year, i wasnt aware. awesome.

 

[mad jew]

Yeah, it's awesome having a year to decide. My rule of thumb is that if you're still having troubles eight months in, then AppleCare is required. But I've never had to do that.

Oh, and I wasn't trying to flame or offend, I was just trying to be helpful.

 

[vixy]

Was the first thing I thought.

lol me too!!

 

[londy]

my problem wasn't the usage, but the spelling--"hey" is what you need i write somewhat differently on 'boards also (in case you haven't noticed my capitalization), but correct spelling makes the world go 'round.

madjew is always on point--thank you. now re: applecare, i wonder if anyone's had a great year after purchase, but needed it in the second or third year. what kind of problems could arise at that point? the worrier in me wants to get the applecare when i know i can, because funds might not be guaranteed later, kwim?

 

[mpw]

..correct spelling makes the world go 'round. ...

No such thing as correct spelling. Language is fluid, and the various forms of English are probably more fluid than most.

It's just about getting your message across.

And pointing out spelling 'errors' for hay/hey is a bit pointless anyway, should I start telling the Canadians posting here they can't spell 'eh' correctly? It should obviously be 'ais.

 

[londy]

no, spelling is fluid in *oral*/*spoken* language--the ear is less discriminating and more forgiving than the eye. in written language, however, there are particular accepted spellings of words in the lexicon. these spellings do change with time and usage, but during the current time period, spelling should conform to the common usage. just like prescriptive grammar rules are more fluid with the spoken word, the same applies to the written word as it relates to "speech" patterns and spelling. as a rule, words that are written are more fixed than those that are spoken.

of course, pronunciation and spelling of colloquialisms do vary by region and native language