Correcting grammar, spelling in posts
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cambeul41
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I use Microsoft Word to compose my message.
I then cut and paste into the title and message boxes.
Any similar word processing program should work as well.
I then cut and paste into the title and message boxes.
Any similar word processing program should work as well.
pfgrone
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I think it would be interesting to know the ages of those who are bothered by incorrect spelling, etc, and those who are not. May be a generational thing. I'm 69 and really bad English bothers me. My 45 year old son's English bothers me (but I keep my mouth shut about it.)
It is interesting that the concern over correct spelling is a relatively modern thing. Anyone interested in history or genealogy would agree that spelling words phonetically was the common way up until about 100 years ago. Look at the journals that Lewis and Clark kept on their expedition. These were very well educated men but spelling correctly was not a concern to them. I think the word "mosquito" was spelled at least a dozen different ways in their journals. I personally believe the U.S. is making a swing back to being very loose in the use of language, spelling and casual in dress. Wow, that was more than 2 cents worth.
Paul G
It is interesting that the concern over correct spelling is a relatively modern thing. Anyone interested in history or genealogy would agree that spelling words phonetically was the common way up until about 100 years ago. Look at the journals that Lewis and Clark kept on their expedition. These were very well educated men but spelling correctly was not a concern to them. I think the word "mosquito" was spelled at least a dozen different ways in their journals. I personally believe the U.S. is making a swing back to being very loose in the use of language, spelling and casual in dress. Wow, that was more than 2 cents worth.
Paul G
I'm 41 and a furriner, if that makes any difference - consistently bad spelling annoys me, but I don't mind a mistake here & there (we all make typos).
I detest people who don't punctuate or paragraph their writing, though - I just won't read it. I have too little patience to make any attempt to decipher the wretched spewings of an illiterate mind.
I detest people who don't punctuate or paragraph their writing, though - I just won't read it. I have too little patience to make any attempt to decipher the wretched spewings of an illiterate mind.
pfgrone ~
Not sure how or when it happened, but I am a 20-year-old young lady trapped inside the body of a 37-year-old grownup.
You would think that years of online interactions would leave me mostly numb to bad spelling and worse grammar, but I still find both at least as aggravating as nails on a chalkboard.
pax
Not sure how or when it happened, but I am a 20-year-old young lady trapped inside the body of a 37-year-old grownup.
You would think that years of online interactions would leave me mostly numb to bad spelling and worse grammar, but I still find both at least as aggravating as nails on a chalkboard.
pax
birddog
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I'm 38. Typos don't bother me. Consistently bad spelling doesn't really bother me. What bothers me is laziness. It doesn't take much to string a sentence together that, at the very least, makes sense. Lack of punctuation is more annoying to me than anything else.
Lots of points of view, and really funny posts here. However, as Winston Churchill said concerning Calvin Coolidge's comment on the British war debts from WWI ("They hired the money, didn't they?"), "That is true, but not exhaustive."
We don't communicate with random collections of letters, or by ESP, we communicate with language. If one's language is full of errors, it's perfectly natural to conclude that that person's thought is probably flawed, too.
I would submit that there is a tendency to discount the comments of any person who routinely submits error-filled posts. At the risk of inviting snide comments or being considered un-PC, "I resemble that remark."
I don't know anyone here personally. The only way someone who posts has to get their thoughts across to me is by writing as well as they can, and taking care in the writing. I do not suggest that the writing needs to be complex or pretentious. But even simple English declarative sentences need not be full of mistakes in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Further, I think that to do so indicates disrespect for one's audience.
We don't communicate with random collections of letters, or by ESP, we communicate with language. If one's language is full of errors, it's perfectly natural to conclude that that person's thought is probably flawed, too.
I would submit that there is a tendency to discount the comments of any person who routinely submits error-filled posts. At the risk of inviting snide comments or being considered un-PC, "I resemble that remark."
I don't know anyone here personally. The only way someone who posts has to get their thoughts across to me is by writing as well as they can, and taking care in the writing. I do not suggest that the writing needs to be complex or pretentious. But even simple English declarative sentences need not be full of mistakes in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Further, I think that to do so indicates disrespect for one's audience.
Hey, I'm 24 and have been known as a grammar nazi since I was still in elementary school!
As many stated above, I don't mind occasional typos - everybody makes them.
Rather, it's the people who know that their grammar and spelling is atrocious and do nothing to correct it.
Folks should have learned the difference between there, their, and they're in elementary school!
It doesn't make sense to make fun of someone by typing "your stupid!"
Look, we all know that a lot of antis browse this forum looking for ammunition to use against us. Why reinforce their view of "all gun owners are ignorant rednecks who can't spell correctly?"
As many stated above, I don't mind occasional typos - everybody makes them.
Rather, it's the people who know that their grammar and spelling is atrocious and do nothing to correct it.
Folks should have learned the difference between there, their, and they're in elementary school!
It doesn't make sense to make fun of someone by typing "your stupid!"
Look, we all know that a lot of antis browse this forum looking for ammunition to use against us. Why reinforce their view of "all gun owners are ignorant rednecks who can't spell correctly?"
Offwhite
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Spelling, shmelling...
Sometimes I when I look at the post after its up I notice things that are wrong & sometimes I change them if the post doesn't make sense & then other times... I just dont care.
Sometimes I when I look at the post after its up I notice things that are wrong & sometimes I change them if the post doesn't make sense & then other times... I just dont care.
Offwhite
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I'M STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!
PotatoJudge
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It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.- Andrew Jackson
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redneck2
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Hey...HEY!!! What's with the crack about rednecks???
I have an Mechanical Engineering degree from Purdue. Redneck is defined as a lack of social values and sophistication, not total ignorance. My IQ was tested at 130+, but I'm still a country boy at heart (and actions)....
anyway..
this is the point I was trying to make
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redneck2
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as compared to us non-ignorant rednecks???
you're good!!
you're good!!
Offwhite
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Wow Kevlarman, we need to get you something better to do than sitting around, waiting on us to screw-up.
Remember too, I'm still stupid
Haha the bandit strikes again!
Remember too, I'm still stupid
Haha the bandit strikes again!
joab
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Poor spelling and grammar and dropped or added letters don't bother me
I can't tolerate the one sentence two hundred word posts
My eyes are old I desperately need the paragraph breaks
IF YOU COME ACROSS A POST LIKE THIS ONE, HOW FAR DO YOU READ? DO YOU READ THE FIRST SENTENCE AND GIVE UP OR DO YOU TOUGH IT OUT HALFWAY UNTIL YOU HAVE TO STOP? I PERSONALLY FIND THAT I CAN'T EVEN READ THE FIRST SENTENCE AND INSTEAD READ SOME OF THE REPLIES TO SEE WHAT THE INITIAL POSTER IS TALKING ABOUT. THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE EVEN READ THIS FAR HAS SHOWN YOU TO BE A MOST PATIENT AND FORGIVING READER AND I SALUTE YOU! NOW I MUST STOP TYPING LIKE THIS OR I WILL VOMIT ONTO MY KEYBOARD. I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO TAKE A SHOWER AFTER THIS. PLEASE ABSOLVE ME OF MY CAPS LOCK SINS AND RETURN ME TO THE STATUS OF NORMAL POSTER. ALSO I HAVE A DEAGLE .50.
(Disclaimer: I do not have a .50 Desert Eagle.)
(Disclaimer: I do not have a .50 Desert Eagle.)
Stainless Chili
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I chuckle when someone who has misspelled their user name tries to have themselves taken seriously.
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