tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508637675893821519.post2747673698401519255..comments2023-04-15T09:54:06.155+01:00Comments on In the olive grove: something oldMamaOlivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12917138266127672566noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508637675893821519.post-11638213035991868122013-05-26T17:20:29.933+01:002013-05-26T17:20:29.933+01:00Same as Mom, I was taught to use "okay" ...Same as Mom, I was taught to use "okay" in papers (though discouraged from using any form of it, except as part of a quotation).<br /><br />At the newspaper, the AP Style book (which most newspapers still use) insisted on using "O.K." I did not, since OK had always (my lifetime) been the postal abbreviation for Oklahoma.<br /><br />Okay is one of the rare English words that's spelled exactly how it sounds, whereas "ok" would be pronounced "ok" (rhymes with sock). For me, that's as good a reason as any to spell it okay. :-)<br /><br />As for til and till, I prefer to use "until" when I mean that, and "till" when I mean the soil/garden thing, simply to avoid confusion -- while being correct at the same time. :-)<br /><br />(Another of my English pet peeves is that we have too many words spelled identically which mean different things, like "lead" the metal and "lead" as in leading the charge.)<br /><br />Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358496556865231547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508637675893821519.post-6424404440341806862013-05-19T22:20:12.947+01:002013-05-19T22:20:12.947+01:00Interesting. When I was in school, writing papers,...Interesting. When I was in school, writing papers, I (nor any student) was not allowed to use O.K., but could use okay. I think the use of ok or OK without the periods is a more recent trend; I never used it until spell-check on the computer wanted me to do it that way.<br />mumsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com