I won't be having a book published,Had one written about my wife and I though.
Would you have complained if it was full of common spelling errors?
Posting on an informal public forum, you expect people to be a bit more tolerant of errors such as typos, writing a word that sounds like what you intended, omissions, spelling errors and so on. But there are limits!
I take a certain amount of trouble to get my posts right after all! And if people are genuinely bad at spelling, there are tools to help out now...
Spelling doesn't bother me too much but "should of" and "could of" drives me nuts. It's incorrect and pointed out often enough on the forums but still people type it. Why? It's "should HAVE" and "could HAVE", is it really so difficult to understand? Any impact a post may have is lost as soon as I see it, it's like chalk on a blackboard.
Couldn't agree more. All the more annoying because "should/could/would of" doesn't make any sense. I notice a spelling mistake but can usually still understand what they mean, whereas 'of' is no substitute for 'have'.
I am guilty of all of the above,especially bad grammar.
I have no doubt that it makes me look thick,and does attract other posters that correct my posts, how ever,being dyslexic,I really struggle with which "there" is appropriate, and i cannot get the hand of other grammatical errors and how to correct them,as it looks correct to me.
I dont consider myself as thick, I was in all the top classes at school other than english where i was in the very bottom. I do try and correct my spelling using a spell check,but I dont think the posters who quote and correct people think how that makes the original poster feel. I know it knocks my already low confidence and puts me off posting,many times I have deleted posts I have written before i have entered the text.
I only care if it's someone telling us how educificated and wonderful they are. Like a certain troll who claimed to be a law student. Generally speaking, not too bothered unless it is someone who is already irritating in another way...
I think its damn right rude to contribute nothing to a post and only criticize grammar or spelling which is what some folk on here make a full time hobby.control?
Wouldn't worry about those saddos! people who criticise other for spelling or whatever have personal insecurities in life. In their vain attempt to brush their personal insecurities aside, they have sly digs at others because it makes them feel good about themselves. But the reality is, they're nothing and they know it! and the joke is on them.
Would you have complained if it was full of common spelling errors?
Posting on an informal public forum, you expect people to be a bit more tolerant of errors such as typos, writing a word that sounds like what you intended, omissions, spelling errors and so on. But there are limits!
I take a certain amount of trouble to get my posts right after all! And if people are genuinely bad at spelling, there are tools to help out now...
Of course I would be miffed if it was fucll of spelling mistakes.I think I said that in my last post.This is just a forum full of drivel that you're not paying for.Most don't care about a mistake here and there.It's the ones that do care that have a problem.I bet they pull people up on their grammar when they're telling an anecdote too.Actually no,without a keyboard in front of them they're probably very shy little pussycats.
Bad spelling and grammar is the literary equivalent of going to the supermarket in your pyjamas, with a **** hanging out of your mouth as you swear at your children.
Bad spelling and grammar is the literary equivalent of going to the supermarket in your pyjamas, with a **** hanging out of your mouth as you swear at your children.
Only forums are not "literary".:)
And if writing for publication, that is what sub editors and editors are for.
Of course I would be miffed if it was fucll of spelling mistakes.I think I said that in my last post.This is just a forum full of drivel that you're not paying for.Most don't care about a mistake here and there.It's the ones that do care that have a problem.I bet they pull people up on their grammar when they're telling an anecdote too.Actually no,without a keyboard in front of them they're probably very shy little pussycats.
If unsure do you check or do you just write any old crap and hope for the best ?
I'm a bit of a grammar and spelling fiend, and I have a fairly low tolerance for spelling or grammar mistakes - "Should of" and "Their should be a rule" etc etc
But it all depends on context really, in a text is one thing, in a letter to the local council is another matter entirely.
Hours we sometimes spend trying to decipher the grammarless, spelling disaster, punctuationless letters we get ripped from a phone pad that are usually just a rant set to paper and often all in CAPITALS "AND I WENT DOWN 2 THE HOUSIN AN THEY TOLE ME I DINT HAVE NO POINTS AN I SED ITS NOT TRU" etc etc repeat over 3 sides.
My favourite are wums pretending to be mentally ill, who think spelling things wrong is the way to convey it and omitting words like 'The' altogether, the same goes for faux 'foreign'.
I always re-read everything I type and if there is a mistake I will take the time to correct it. On the rare occasion I do make a spelling error, I feel really stupid.
My favourite are wums pretending to be mentally ill, who think spelling things wrong is the way to convey it and omitting words like 'The' altogether, the same goes for faux 'foreign'.
Pretending to be drunk on a forum as the easiest ones to spot.
They type in what they think looks like a drunken attempt but if you check the keys they've used , it's always obvious that they are more sober than I am.
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May I just add to the list the use of an apostrophe to indicate a plural, eg 'I made three thread's about it' What's that about?
Would you have complained if it was full of common spelling errors?
Posting on an informal public forum, you expect people to be a bit more tolerant of errors such as typos, writing a word that sounds like what you intended, omissions, spelling errors and so on. But there are limits!
I take a certain amount of trouble to get my posts right after all! And if people are genuinely bad at spelling, there are tools to help out now...
Couldn't agree more. All the more annoying because "should/could/would of" doesn't make any sense. I notice a spelling mistake but can usually still understand what they mean, whereas 'of' is no substitute for 'have'.
I have no doubt that it makes me look thick,and does attract other posters that correct my posts, how ever,being dyslexic,I really struggle with which "there" is appropriate, and i cannot get the hand of other grammatical errors and how to correct them,as it looks correct to me.
I dont consider myself as thick, I was in all the top classes at school other than english where i was in the very bottom. I do try and correct my spelling using a spell check,but I dont think the posters who quote and correct people think how that makes the original poster feel. I know it knocks my already low confidence and puts me off posting,many times I have deleted posts I have written before i have entered the text.
Of course I would be miffed if it was fucll of spelling mistakes.I think I said that in my last post.This is just a forum full of drivel that you're not paying for.Most don't care about a mistake here and there.It's the ones that do care that have a problem.I bet they pull people up on their grammar when they're telling an anecdote too.Actually no,without a keyboard in front of them they're probably very shy little pussycats.
What they're trying to say is usually more important.
The angrier someone is on the subject the more I'm likely to think they've been on the receiving end a few times though.
Only forums are not "literary".:)
And if writing for publication, that is what sub editors and editors are for.
Is your space bar broken?
I'm a bit of a grammar and spelling fiend, and I have a fairly low tolerance for spelling or grammar mistakes - "Should of" and "Their should be a rule" etc etc
But it all depends on context really, in a text is one thing, in a letter to the local council is another matter entirely.
Hours we sometimes spend trying to decipher the grammarless, spelling disaster, punctuationless letters we get ripped from a phone pad that are usually just a rant set to paper and often all in CAPITALS "AND I WENT DOWN 2 THE HOUSIN AN THEY TOLE ME I DINT HAVE NO POINTS AN I SED ITS NOT TRU" etc etc repeat over 3 sides.
Yes!!
Also, people putting 'defiantly' for 'definitely' and using 'then' when they mean 'than'
The they're/there/their "conundrum" is also rather confusing. As are out-of-place apostrophes.
I just spelt pyjamas wrong in a thread, I'm resisting the urge to go back and edit it.
I type with horrendous spelling and grammar all the time, especially when I'm mocking people. TOO BAD!
They type in what they think looks like a drunken attempt but if you check the keys they've used , it's always obvious that they are more sober than I am.