The previous person who had my position before me was a horrible speller. Our department website is full of errors. Microsoft Front Page has spell check on it. I cannot believe how bad it is!
For all you bad spellers out there.
by stevenyc 32 Replies latest jw friends
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DanTheMan
There's a quickie-mart near where I live, the sign in front says:
Convinent Mart
It boggles my mind that the sign makers made not just one, but two spelling errors in ONE WORD and that they hung the sign anyway!!
Welcome to Ohio I guess...LOL
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dmouse
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
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FlyingHighNow
Only to snotwads.
If you've got something to say about snotwads, you can say it to my face!Why? You're not a snotwad.
Correct spelling for published works, websites, commercial signs is important. On a message board with informal posts, it's not that important. I don't know about you, but if I type quickly, my brain will tell me to type the wrong word. For instance, not too far above this post in this same thread, someone uses they're instead of their. You know you need to type their, but your brain stops at the wrong word and you type it instead. Or you mean type too but your brain doesn't tell your finger to hit the O twice.
I think it's obnoxious for people to correct posters' grammar or spelling. I know someone who joined JWD. Someone made fun of his grammar, which purpose it was to discredit him, on a political thread. He stopped posting. Please save the corrections for PMs if you must do it. Unless you know the person and you are just poking good natured humor at him/her because you know he/she likes that type of picking. If you don't understand someone's post, due to poor spelling and/or grammar, just ask him/her to express themselves more clearly or to clarify the meaning of the post.
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OldSoul
FHN,
That was intentional grammatical misuse of "they're," "their," and "there." It is one of my pet peeves. Spell checkers don't correct grammatical errors. Grammar checkers often don't catch such errors either.
Respectfully,
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FlyingHighNow
That was intentional grammatical misuse of "they're," "their," and "there." It is one of my pet peeves. Spell checkers don't correct grammatical errors. Grammar checkers often don't catch such errors either.
Sometimes, even when you know the right form of their, they're or there to type, your brain will still tell your fingers to type the wrong one. I see it all the time in people's posts, especially my own.
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professor
I'm a snotwad.
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FlyingHighNow
I'm a snotwad.
Oh yeah? And how so? Or are ya just being punky? I don't think you're a snotwad. You don't give people a hard time about their spelling and grammar, do ya? I like that avatar, by the way. Professor was always a sweetheart and he could do amazing things with a radio and a slice of cocanut pie.
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oldflame
Maybe there should be a spell check here on JWD ?
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horrible life
I've tried to download it twice, and it doesn't show up. Maybe I have to shut down? HL