Thread: I hate knocking people, but wouldn't you TRY to spell things right?

Originally Posted by stevo68

Ah, but note I did say "I think" which left it open to correction , the point is still the same. If I had said I definately thought it was JDNSW, then that is different.

Regards

Stevo

definitely

Originally Posted by stevo68

..... ... .... ... The downside to poor spelling and grammar ( rightly or wrongly, correctly or incorrectly) is that by your peers you will be seen in a poor light,

Regards

Stevo

Stevo, you probably would have been amused by an incident in the first episode of "The Gil Mayo Mysteries" about a week ago. I think you probably would have nodded in agreement.

Gil has a bit of a thing about grammar, punctuation and usage,
An establishment where he was investigating a death had a big sign on the wall saying, "No special relationship's".
When he pointed this out the to proprietor, the proprietor made some sort of comment about punctuation police.
I liked Gil's reply. He just said something like, "OK, but you're the one that it makes look stupid."

I don't know whether I should be pleased or concerned that I spotted the sign before Gil commented on it.

Originally Posted by numpty

definitely

DEFINITELY / DEFINATELY

Definitely Not Definately Matt Luce Blog Archive

Same story, whingeing about menial things


Not you Numpty, more for Stevo

Swings and roundabouts

Originally Posted by p38arover

No, but I believe in clarity. The use of figures (or ampersands - &) doesn't make text clearer and therefore easier to read. The use of figures actually slows reading and comprehension.

Even in text, figures are only used when appropriate. There are styles commonly adopted in publishing. For example, one would write the words for 1 to 10 but, above that, one uses the numbers, e.g., one million but 20 million.

Over the years, when I've been editor of various club mags, I had to use global search and replace on many submissions as the writer(s) persisted in using "&" instead of "and".

It is not clearer and the ampersand should only be used in certain circumstances. See All about ampersands

Yes, I agree Ron. However, I guess I'm just lazy. When posting I usually use "&" instead of "and", as well as figures "1, 2, 3", etc, simply because it's quicker for me to type.

I can understand as an editor of club magazines it would get rather annoying!

Everyone here knows how I dislike poor spelling but I will never refer to anyone who can't spell as stupid.

You will also know that I know I have strengths and weaknesses. There are many things I can't do that bad spellers may be able to do.

However, if you are applying for a job and you know you can't spell, get someone else to proof read it. (Yes, I know I should have used "one", not "you".) I've done that for many of my staff over the years.

As Edd (George130) pointed out, a dictionary is not much use for a bad speller. If one can't spell at all, how does one look up a word? Help is at hand. One can buy bad speller's dictionaries which, I assume, spell words incorrectly and shows the correct spelling. There are a number available. For example: Webster's Bad Spellers Dictionary Review - Eclectic Homeschool Online

The on line Webster dictionary is good in that if you can't spell, it will offer suggestions. Try it: Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster Online

Reading through all this and Ron's comments about clarity of text got me thinking:

The perfect way to cut down on web traffic and speed up the forum would be for all posts to be done strictly in an SMS shorthand style

The only two issues I can think of are:
1. It might send poor Ron over the edge.
2. I haven't a clue when it comes to SMS abbreviations, I have to spell everything out when I send someone a message.

Originally Posted by p38arover

As Edd (George130) pointed out, a dictionary is not much use for a bad speller. If one can't spell at all, how does one look up a word? Help is at hand. One can buy bad speller's dictionaries which, I assume, spell words incorrectly and shows the correct spelling. There are a number available. For example: Webster's Bad Spellers Dictionary Review - Eclectic Homeschool Online

The on line Webster dictionary is good in that if you can't spell, it will offer suggestions. Try it: Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster Online

There's also just plain old Google. Type in a word and it will prompt with Did you mean ...

Also instead of searching type define: followed by the word. e.g. define:land rover, to get definitions of words and phrases.

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Originally Posted by numpty
definitely


DEFINITELY / DEFINATELY

Definitely Not Definately Matt Luce Blog Archive

Same story, whingeing about menial things


Not you Numpty, more for Stevo

Swings and roundabouts

Yeah, yeah, I know some of you like to hunt down any tiny thing to dispel the opinions of some of us louder ones. As I stated earlier there is a vast difference between the odd error here and there and the example posted. I wasn't born yesterday and know exactly the mindset of....as example the above 2 posts....and that is cool. Throw yourself out there and be a bit louder, you will always find someone who will find a way to detract from what you are saying.......not like I'm not used to it .

Though I have learnt something, I have been spelling definitely as definately for as long as I can remember, maybe my spell check changes it straight away as it just did when I checked as opposed to highlighting it with red underneath ( ie word).

Stevo, you probably would have been amused by an incident in the first episode of "The Gil Mayo Mysteries" about a week ago. I think you probably would have nodded in agreement.

Gil has a bit of a thing about grammar, punctuation and usage,
An establishment where he was investigating a death had a big sign on the wall saying, "No special relationship's".
When he pointed this out the to proprietor, the proprietor made some sort of comment about punctuation police.
I liked Gil's reply. He just said something like, "OK, but you're the one that it makes look stupid."

I don't know whether I should be pleased or concerned that I spotted the sign before Gil commented on it.

I think it is a fact of life, read a menu, if there is an error, people will comment on it. I feel people have an expectation at times of others and not so much themselves. As stated again, people will make errors from time to time, that's human nature...as has been pointed out to me . At the end of the day, ultimately don't really care, I just tend to scan past ( if considering threads here or another site) illiterate jumblings. That's just me, horses for courses,

Regards

Stevo