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*shoo-in* - no?
*shoe-in*
*shew-in*
*shough-in*

benjaminbarnett wrote:*shoo-in* - no?
*shoe-in*
*shew-in*
*shough-in*

Shoo-in, correct.

Except in Texas.

patagoniax wrote:

benjaminbarnett wrote:*shoo-in* - no?
*shoe-in*
*shew-in*
*shough-in*

Shoo-in, correct.

Except in Texas.

By English teachers to be

thetexan wrote:
.... but I do consider myself an expert in English

Sin comentario.

well on a message board i just kind of go with the stream of consciousness. not all bothered by typing mistakes.

thetexan wrote:well on a message board i just kind of go with the stream of consciousness. not all bothered by typing mistakes.

Ah, yes - stream of consciousness - the undergraduates' universal excuse for lack of attention to spelling, style, and content. In such cases the explanation might better be known as a rivulet of unconsciousness.

Not to worry. There are lot of people in Chile who don't know the difference between a shoo and a shoe, or a hole in the ground, for that matter. And there are among them many who fancy themselves to be experts in English and ideally suited to teaching the language. Some could not speak passable English if their lives depended on it, though it seems as though their livelihoods do. The standards for such things are so abysmally low in this country that it's likely that no one would notice, or care, whether or not a self-proclaimed teacher understood the rudiments of grammar, orthography, or punctuation. You're evidently only coming here on an extended holiday, so there is no point in taking any of this work seriously.

By the way, did you happen to go to Texas A&M?

Hey, px, lay off the aggie jokes.

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Under the circumstances it was a very reasonable thing to ask, ¿no? I just saw this big burgundy TAMU decal flash before my eyes.

You could come to Chile and not work?
And not get stuck in Santiago.... working for very little.