grey v. gray Options

[karmakiller]

I always put a comma before and when listing things. That's how I was taught, and then in middle school they tried making us all leave out the comma. I like it, though, that most people don't care too much.

[Teesa]

^SAME HERE. now i'm confused if we're supposed to leave a comma before the last item in a list

anyways, i always use "gray." wanna know why? because in the fifth grade, on a spelling test, i thought it would be cool to spell it "grey" and the teacher marked me off a point. i had to speak to her about that and got the point back. yup.

[Eww]

I really don't know, but I think "grey" looks a lot better

[Joanne]

I always put a comma before and when listing things. That's how I was taught, and then in middle school they tried making us all leave out the comma. I like it, though, that most people don't care too much.

Same here! I learned it that way in elementary school and I guess it just stuck. I had a discussion with some friends about it one time (weird, I know haha), and one of them pointed out that it seems like you're saying "and and" with the comma. But in my teacher for my Academic Reading & Writing class always puts commas in... so I guess I'll stick with her. =]

[Gryffindor-Girl]

I spell it whatever way I want at the time but I guess I was wrong to do so because of what ersatz said.

Grey is a color, gray is a verb.

Thats very interesting I didn't know that.

[karmakiller]

Teesa, I'm sure I've had that happen to me before. When I was in second grade, I think, my teacher would always pronounce the "thee" and it would drive me nuts for some reason.

I guess the "and and" thing with placing a comma before and makes sense.

[Gigi]

"I like oranges, apples, grapes, and peaches."

To me, that's like saying
"I like oranges [pause]
apples [pause]
grapes [pause]



[reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally long pause]




and peaches."

One of my elementary school teachers trained me to write it without a comma, I think, but I have no idea if it's one of those weird Canadian/not Canadian things. Like centre/center.

Grammar is weird.

Semicolons pwn.

[Insurmountable]

gray

[coconutter]

when i was in canada i was already used to spelling it colour, centre, theatre, etc. and then i go to the states and i want to spell it like that, but i'm a bit skeptical of getting points taken off or something.

have you guys ever gotten points taken off for it but convinced the teacher that it was correct?

[freeridefight]

Oh, thank you. This is so much more interesting.

Someone kill me.

lmao.

grey. Just someone go look it up in a dictionary and it will be finalized

[Insurmountable]

It doesn't matter which way you spell it, I suppose its a matter of preference.

A way to think about is this:
Gray is a color.

Grey is a colour.

I think thats how it goes

[AimeeLynn]

I say grey but my teacher corrects me and says gray

[Gigi]

when i was in canada i was already used to spelling it colour, centre, theatre, etc. and then i go to the states and i want to spell it like that, but i'm a bit skeptical of getting points taken off or something.

have you guys ever gotten points taken off for it but convinced the teacher that it was correct?

Well, I live in Canada, so it's not an issue. Although I'm sure if I spelled it as "center", I wouldn't get any marks taken off. It would just be actual spelling mistakes like "alot" (how people even get this wrong...I have no idea) and "dissapointing" (this one makes me cringe!).

[Joanne]

I've always used "centre" for the actual building, and "center" for an area of something (does that make sense?). I've never switched the spellings for the two different meanings. Again, I think it's a personal thing.

[Amaranthus]

Grey in literature (ha dumb word).
Gray in informal writing.

[Fluid]

I say 'Grey' =]

Now this word is starting to look strange to me, the fact i've been reading and saying it to myself. haha.

It's just like, tomato, fruit or veg.
Most people say it's a fruit. =\ But if it were upto me, i'd say vegetable.