07-20-2004, 10:24 PM | #11 |
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I believe that spelling matters. I recently received an email from my boss about a plan to push sales on complimentary products. Frankly, I'm not interested in selling those.
Complementary products, however, are a different matter. I'm just not interested in selling something that's free. My commission doesn't do much then [img]smile.gif[/img] Back in junior high, I had an English teacher with a couple of hard and fast rules. One was that if you ever mis-spelled the word "its" (or "it's"), you automatically failed that paper, whatever it was. It still sticks with me... And it's a poor person who pores over what they're pouring....
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07-20-2004, 10:34 PM | #12 |
Harper
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I do my best... most of the mistakes I make are either because I'm tired and/or drunk and/or in a hurry...
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07-21-2004, 03:11 AM | #13 |
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I think the korect speeling for the fraze is "toes the line," thats whut I think.
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07-21-2004, 03:33 AM | #14 |
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I try my best to spell correctly and use proper grammar, but sometimes, like when I'm chatting with friends, I really don't try to be perfect On IW I do try because I want to be understandable, lol.
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07-21-2004, 04:48 AM | #15 |
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I make an effort to make sure that my grammar and spelling is correct, and I respect those that do the same more. I rarely nitpick on mispelled words unless they sound hilarious.
Edit: I also make an effort not to double-post, but sometimes I appearantely fail. [ 07-21-2004, 04:52 AM: Message edited by: Stratos ]
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07-21-2004, 05:18 AM | #16 |
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Yes it matters. On another forum I sometimes get replies I can't get any info from. Grammatical errors are less hard to figure out but it's annoying if the spelling is incorrect and there are no punctuation marks(?). I don't think it's necessary to run a spell checker on every post you make though it could be helpful. I don't care if someone makes some spelling mistakes. The point at which it gets annoying is when native speakers write unintellegible. I posted a question somewhere else which was answered by an american and I had to read his post 10 times before I got a clue what he was talking about and in the end I still had some doubts if I picked it up correctly :/
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07-21-2004, 06:41 AM | #17 |
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Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word has no imagination. Language is not static. It changes with time. !n 200 y3@r5, 3\/3ry-1 \/\/!11 b u5!ng 133t 5p3@k. The l33t will inherit the earth!
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07-21-2004, 06:57 AM | #18 |
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... sure ...
Well, I do my best, but sometimes when I make a stupid mistake I don't correct it if I know people will understand what I'm trying to say.
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07-21-2004, 07:19 AM | #20 |
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teh 1337-talk pwnz j00
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