Not Now!
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I love it how people so easily mess up the words "not" and "now" when they're typing. By switching those two words, the sentence can completely change its meaning.
For example
I am not eating your arm.
I am now eating your arm.
"Not" implies a negatory meaning, as the user believes whatever action they are addressing will not come to pass.
"Now" implies an observation, as the user is usually stating something that is obvious in the here and now.
Basically, by switching the two words, you switch the meaning of the entire sentence into something that is usually opposite of what you really mean. And, by the way the English language spells the words, changing between the two of them only requires you to alter the last letters. Thus, switch the "T" in Not to a "W" and you get Now. And thanks to the common qwerty keyboard, the "W" key and the "T" key are three key-lengths apart on the same row.
Thus, it is easy when one is typing something fast to accidentally spell "not" instead of "now" and vise versa. And by that one simply mistake, you have completely changed what you were trying to say.
And I am aware that I am looking too deep into something too trivial, but I find it funny, because I have made this mistake many times before and I have seen it quite often recently.
Is this a grammar guide? A warning? Making fun of people who make mistakes? Maybe, I don't know for sure.
I just hope you've learned a little something not now. Or now not.
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