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Originally posted by Donut:
On a recent thread about the British Goverment there was a short debate about whether correct spelling is important on the internet.
As a matter of principal I try to spell words correctly but although I pour over the various threads I don’t often correct incorrect spelling.
Sometimes however, people are so careless about they’re spelling that I’m sorely tempted to correct it.
There are far to many mistakes made by native English speakers on Ironworks. People are careless and feel that they have free reign to make mistakes without having them corrected. Perhaps we could diffuse the situation by putting our posts through a spell checker. As long as everyone tows the line there should be no problem.
If, like me, you want to spell correctly, you’ll need to practice more. Then there will be on arguments!
What do you think?
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I HATE being a "Grammar Nazi", but it's punching my eye.
It should be, "As a matter of principle ~".
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On a related note, I do find spelling (or at least an attempt at spelling) to be important, if only to convey the impression that you are being serious/professional. It also gives the reader a better impression of you.
One of my pet peeves when it comes to incorrect spelling is the usage of "your" to represent "you're". It infuriates me to no end to see this kind of mistake, and it incites unimaginable visions of various tortures that I implement on the offender in my mind.
When people are in a hurry, I can forgive them for abbreviating words in a SMS message over a handphone, but when you have time to type properly on a forum, or in an e-mail, then abbreviations to me, show a lack of heart in the message and a lack of courtesy to the recipient.