"AN OPENED LETTER" OF APOLOGY FOR MY SPELLING, GRAMMAR & TYPING
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smoothshooter
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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!I am a math WIZ!
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!!
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....
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!
Out of curiosity, what did you do for a living before you retired?
I have done that on occasion. It always seems to take three drafts for sure.
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Sometimes, not often, I will write a post as a draft in a word document or an email draft, and then cut and paste it as a post when I am ready. More often I will come back to a post and find typos or other errors and just edit it.
Chief, I don’t think you need to worry about it. Your butchering of the English language is not a problem. The guy who sent you a PM about it, might be. Fat fingers and cell phones play hell with my postings. Mix in auto correct and being in a hurry. It’s a recipe for grammatical disaster. I make and see mistakes all the time. I understand what the member means. It’s a gun forum. It’s not a college thesis.
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When your spelling gets corrected you're dealing with the Hobby Cops of the Language Police
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The all-time champ is "loose/lose".
Given the context that the author uses them in everyone here knows what they meant.
Given the context that the author uses them in everyone here knows what they meant.
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I'm not even going to try to read that ^^^. It might be the funniest thing I'll read all year, but I'm going to have to miss it.
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I owned my own custom manufacturing business. I went to college to be a Marine Biologist (never went for a Masters Degree) and never worked in the field - more of a pipe dream type of career like George Castanza on Seinfeld - lol!
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WHY DO YOU POST TOPICS IN CAPITALS
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Just for the title - never really thought about why. Don't really know.
WHY DO YOU POST TOPICS IN CAPITALS
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this, and most people care more about the content than the delivery
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Supposedly Mark Twain said, “It takes a person with very little imagination to spell a word only one way.”
Beemerguy53
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Having survived twelve years of Catholic schooling, I am a stickler for proper spelling and grammar...in my own writing. I wouldn't dream of correcting someone else's English on here!
But...don't you dare call a "magazine" a "clip"...
But...don't you dare call a "magazine" a "clip"...
Beemerguy53;142181004 But...don't you dare call a "magazine" a "clip"... :)[/QUOTE said:How about the "thingamajig" that holds bullets.
Chief, some of the smartest people I know can't construct the proper sentence and can't spell to save their life. It matters not. I worked in a machine shop as a young man and the guy who owned the place couldn't even pronounce aluminum. The content of your posts proves your level of intelligence and intelligence doesn't necessarily have to translate to good spelling. We take each other as we are. I enjoy your commentaries.
Robert
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The English language takes care of that for us:
Where, ware and wear
There, their and they're
Four, for and fore
Read and reed, Read and red
Right, rite and write
Hare and hair, here and hear
Knot and not
Weather and whether
robvious
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I personally have contributed to an epic spelling error that made it through multiple levels of review and editing by so called professionals & state historical officials, it then was copied as a standard notation a few more times on multiple projects and now resides in the state historical archives on multiple documents. It bothers me to this very day, and hurts because a co-worker just innocently asked what a photgraph was?
pobody's nerfect
pobody's nerfect
Perhaps those that concentrate on not moving their lips while reading become hyper aware of others mistakes.
