Thread: To Spell or not to Spell :-)

Spelling and grammar went out the window years ago.

How very sad.

Correct usage of language is necessary.

But, even our public service condones such abusage.

Since when was 'ageing' acceptable? (As in Dept. of....)

But, we can't blame the under 40s, who have been taught to 'express themselves'... forget the grammar...

GQ

Originally Posted by disco2hse

things people do, like farting in a lift and then looking at the person next to them .

Hey!

I resemble that remark!

Don't care

Originally Posted by stevo68

I could find a 100 other examples, that don't necessarily fall within the guidelines of texting. And yes it is spelling error, 100%, everyone is not spelt "every1", do that in an exam and you would be marked incorrect. And thanks pants are at correct height

Regards

Stevo

i reckon you would find your 100 just in my posts....i'm first to put my hand up that i'm not good at spelling and grammer, i had an english tudor two a week for most of grade 10 and i just scraped in for a pass....if it gets under your (thats everybody not meaning stevo) you best not read my posts

if this site auto correct as i was typing like word and outlook does i would have a second look at what i typed...but than again if i took a minute to re-read my post before hitting submit i would pick up some of my grammer mistakes

how did i go

Originally Posted by weeds

how did i go?

A pass I think; in fact a reasonably good pass. (But not quite 100%.)
I don't mind if you (or anyone else ) make the occasional mistake.
It's the people who obviously don't make any effort at all and claim that it doesn't matter that irritate me.

Originally Posted by stevo68

it will generally be due to lazyiness, as it really isn't that hard to spell correctly

That would be "laziness"

Originally Posted by cookiesa

Here Here! Drives me nuts, little mistakes here and there

Should be "hear hear..."

Originally Posted by Quiggers

But, even our public service condones such abusage.

"Abusage"??? There's no such word - it's just "abuse" or "incorrect usage".

Originally Posted by weeds

i reckon you would find your 100 just in my posts....i'm first to put my hand up that i'm not good at spelling and grammer, i had an english tudor two a week for most of grade 10 and i just scraped in for a pass....if it gets under your (thats everybody not meaning stevo) you best not read my posts

God - where do I begin...

Warning - you've cracked the lid on my Spelling & Grammar Nazi-esque tendencies.

In the words of Christ - "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

Originally Posted by vnx205

I don't mind if you (or anyone else ) make the occasional mistake.
It's the people who obviously don't make any effort at all and claim that it doesn't matter that irritate me.

I was going to let it pass, but after reading Solmanic's post I think I had better confess that in my previous post I was guilty of a mistake involving the agreement of subject and verb.
The problem is that while "..if you make..." is correct, "...anyone else make.. "is not. I should not have tried to make the same verb serve both pronouns.

Geez, I'm glad I got that off my chest before Solmanic had time to read it carefully.

Wasup stevo68