"AN OPENED LETTER" OF APOLOGY FOR MY SPELLING, GRAMMAR & TYPING

Chief, there's too much going on than to worry about mispelling and grammar. See? There's one in that sentence according to the red line under it! If I were to try to bring to light everyone's poor spelling I'd get kicked off the Forum!! There, their, & they're, use them as you like! We know what is meant. Just like to, too, & two. I would think the English language would be tough to learn because of all the synonyms & different pronunciations of the same letters, etc. Or is it ect., which we see a lot!
Remember "I before E, except after C, or when sounded like A as in neighbor or weigh." All I care about personally is trying to respect each other's knowledge about guns, or lack thereof, without being chastised for asking a question. I have many questions. If guns contained refrigerants or compressors, I'd probably be good to go!
Piece! Er, I mean Peace!
Jeff T.
 
jeffrefrig said:
Chief, there's too much going on than to worry about mispelling and grammar. See? There's one in that sentence according to the red line under it! If I were to try to bring to light everyone's poor spelling I'd get kicked off the Forum!! There, their, & they're, use them as you like! We know what is meant. Just like to, too, & two. I would think the English language would be tough to learn because of all the synonyms & different pronunciations of the same letters, etc. Or is it ect., which we see a lot!
Remember "I before E, except after C, or when sounded like A as in neighbor or weigh." All I care about personally is trying to respect each other's knowledge about guns, or lack thereof, without being chastised for asking a question. I have many questions. If guns contained refrigerants or compressors, I'd probably be good to go!
Piece! Er, I mean Peace!
Jeff T.
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Some posts you just have to read phonetically...... Also my computer's "P" key sticks sometimes and I do not notice it all the time. So words that contain the letter "p" sometimes do not after I type them. Just makes it all more fun.
 
I graduated High School in 1974 (AD), It wasn't until the Class of 76 that typing or keyboard was a required subject. I also have a type of dyslexia that messes with my spelling. At least 2 of my grandkids inherited the Dyslexia from me, and so far, as we can tell 5 of the 9 inherited Left Handedness from my wife. When in my senior year of HS, I misspelled enough on my Spanish final, that I would still be there if I hadn't talked them into allow the misspelling to be ignored (I knew the material!) The Principle knew my family had our own business, so he ask me, "How will you survive in the business world without being able to spell?" I responded without thinking "I'll just do like my dad dose and hire unemployed schoolteachers to be out secretaries." (over the years we had about 30 secretaries, and every one of them was an unemployed schoolteacher!) At any rate they turned me loose to inflict my "Proprietary" spelling on the world.

Spell Check, really protects your sanity from my spelling!

My mom was the personal secretary for a self-made millionaire in the early 50's. His grammar and spelling were worse than mine. She corrected it in correspondence, but he threw it away, insisting his letters must sound like him! He's the boss and he makes the rules, not your 10th grade English teacher.

Standardized spelling only came about after dictionaries were invented. I believe that is a fad that will pass in the not-too-distant future!

Ivan

(Spell and Grammer Check have heavily influenced this post!)
 
chief38 said:
About a year or so ago after having a few Forum member's correct a few misspelled words in my posts, I decided to post a response - in the Lounge section I believe. I did that but was unable to find it again, so I will just re-write another.

Yesterday a member sent me a private message (so as not to embarrass me and I do appreciate that immensely - thank you Sir)! He noted that I had misused a word or spelled it the wrong way and yes, he was absolutely correct. So here is my explanation and apology......

I SUCK at spelling! :o I am a math WIZ! :D In High School I received 100% on all 4 of my math Regents, but only a 78% on my English Regents and that might have been a gift from the God's- lol. I have struggled with spelling my entire life and have actually improved quite a bit - my wife is always after me about this and I do really try hard by looking a word up when I can't figure it out. She spells - I do the math!

Some of the more detail oriented people here might also have noticed that I edit my posts frequently. Not really to change content, but to correct spelling and grammar if I notice it after hitting the "submit" button. I am also a night owl and many of my posts are between 2:00am and 6:00am. Sometimes I post while a bit tired and sometimes when not 100% awake - what can I say?

To add insult to injury I am also a terrible typist! There are times I am aware how to spell something but just hit the wrong keys. Been working on that for 50+ years but have not mastered that yet - lol.

No one can be perfect at everything - although I do try. My true talents are in mathematics, science, common sense and mechanical skills. I do quite well when we "play" Jeopardy every night (except when it comes to spelling categories) and my wife has prodded me to go on the show for decades - not really interested though. I truly do not know why I have trouble spelling some words - guess I was doing quantum mechanics or calculus during English class - lol!! :D

So YES I am aware of my short comings when it pertains to spelling and I SHALL continue to try and improve this. I apologize to anyone here who us offended by misspelled words, and will also make a concerted effort to read my posts one more time before hitting "submit" - but no promises.... :o

Last but not least, I am glad to see there are members here who pick up on incorrect spelling as it does say something about the caliber of members here. Hopefully there are many who excel at mathematics too! While I do agree spelling is important, it is second fiddle to mathematics and science with which the world as we know it could not survive. So that is my story Guys and Gals..... For better or worse I am a lousy speller and even worse typist! :o
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It appears that Texas Star has risen from the grave. He was a spelling freak. Loved him to death. But the gentleman was a Pita.
 
chief38 said:
"AN OPENED LETTER" OF APOLOGY FOR MY SPELLING, GRAMMAR & TYPING
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Apollogee akseptid. Thanks.
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Mule Packer said:
Heck, I'll bet most of the people who are members of the spelling/grammar police can't tell the difference between a split infinitive and a dangling participle.:D
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Is this a dirty joke?
Do you need dingin"? :eek: :D
 
I am better at math (mostly trig and geometry) than languages, but I try to get that right as well. No one is so perfect as to go through life without a mistake here and there. I notice the wrong words and odd spellings of others (and hopefully my own), but if I can understand the thought, I overlook the mistakes as being something too trivial to be concerned with. If that is the worst you do in life, you're doing way better than most of us. I have only Best Wishes to everyone else out there regardless of any language mistakes in Forum posts.
 
I know I can't spell. Every time I sit at my computer I have to ask my wife how to spell something. She got all A's in school, I got mostly D's.
 
Is there some way to type a draft of a post and keep it for later review? Unless I'm missing something, which as a Luddite is totally possible, I don't know of any way to preserve a potential post and come back to it without losing it. I say this because as the Secretary for the town planning commission I hammer out the first draft of the meeting minutes and let it sit and cool for a while. I wouldn't dream of submitting that first draft of the meeting minutes without letting it sit for a while and then going back to check for errors in spelling and/or grammar or look for better ways to say things. It usually takes a third draft before I believe I have a set of meeting minutes I feel confident enough to submit. And I still sometimes have a mistake slip through.
 
Can't spell either; never could...... spell check sometimes just confuses me with "its" suggestions!

I use "Golddollar's" method.......... got me five 4.0 semesters, a couple 3.8s in College and through Law School and 40 years in business.

I can walk and chew gum; but can't think, type and spell, at the same time!

:)
 
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Golddollar said:
Is there some way to type a draft of a post and keep it for later review? Unless I'm missing something, which as a Luddite is totally possible, I don't know of any way to preserve a potential post and come back to it without losing it. I say this because as the Secretary for the town planning commission I hammer out the first draft of the meeting minutes and let it sit and cool for a while. I wouldn't dream of submitting that first draft of the meeting minutes without letting it sit for a while and then going back to check for errors in spelling and/or grammar or look for better ways to say things. It usually takes a third draft before I believe I have a set of meeting minutes I feel confident enough to submit. And I still sometimes have a mistake slip through.
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There may well be better ways, but one which is easy enough is just to type your reply, highlight it with your cursor, right-click on it and copy it, then open a new Word document, and right-click and paste what you copied into the Word document, and save it with an appropriate title (like Reply to Lounge - Why is it Spelled Knifes?). Or you could paste it into a new e-mail and save it in Drafts.

If an error occasionally slips through, you might consider four drafts rather than three - it is far more important to spell every word correctly than to actually make a post, or pass up an opportunity to split an infinitive even with an adjective, not to mention a dangling participle.

Best wishes.
 
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