getting tired of...

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When I was a freshman at Clemson University 49 years ago,English 101 professors would FAIL your paper if you mis-spelled ONE word OR had TWO punctuation errors in your composition (typically 500 words,or more). I guess that it has kind of carried over. I must confess that grossly-poor grammar and spelling tends to detract from a post no matter the content. That's just me. Sorry.
On the other hand,colloquial dialects used by some of our Western and Southern members,I find enjoyable,but NOT when attempted by members from other areas who have no idea how to go about replicating it. 'T'ain't becomin'!
f.t.

Fo a fack, dat be de God's trufe!

My daughter is a remedial English teacher at a small two-year college.
She is chairing a search committee to select a teacher for a position that opened.
She has to screen thirty-some resumes to narrow down to six for phone interviews,
then narrow to three for on-site visits and interviews.
Guess what happens to a resume when she encounters a misspelled word or an error in grammar or usage?

 

[bricker]

Guess what happens to a resume when she encounters a misspelled word or an error in grammar or usage?

She sends in to the Lounge for approval?

 

[DeathGrip]

I didn't write much before I got this computer. I danged sure never typed much. I broke my arm the year I took typing.

If you look back at my earlier post you'd see how much I've improved.

I didn't do it for the spelling and punctuation Nazis, I did it for myself.

I did get corrected by a member for not using a space between sentences. Thanks Space Cowboy.

 

[snubbyfan]

 

[sophie]

I rekon sew, or is it I reckon so? Oh heck I guess I dont no.

 

[walkin jack]

I'm pretty sure that I'm guilty of one infraction on a regular basis. I don't always catch it I'm sure because both are words and there is no spelling error. I get carried away and might type "My parents sold there house." or "Their is a dog barking across the street." I get no red squiggly line and I just don't always catch it. I know when to use which but the "automatic typing" takes over. I will proof read nearly every thing I post but the longer it is the more likely I am to let something get by me. (notice I didn't say get buy me." I think I do that a lot too.

But I'm human and I'm old and I'm doin' the best I can. Actually I don't do too many things as well as I type. (didn't type "to many things". . I guess knowing what to type and actually always typing it are two different things.

 

[tops]

I understand i am of a different generation than a lot of the members here...and I also understand not everyone here has the opportunity for the level of education that I completed, but, we live in the age of the computer.
The era I was raised in, there was a lot of emphasis put on using the English language and CORRECT SPELLING. Now every computer I know of currently offers spell-check. Most all public access forums OFFER spell check in their "post new thread box" automatically...that's AUTOMATICALLY...the computer finds words that are misspelled as you TYPE them, it highlites the word, and even, in a lot of cases offers CORRECT spelling.
I humbly suggest that when you prepare a comment, you pay attention to this electronic marvel.
When I read comments here, and on other forums that I visit, my eyes slam shut at words, many common words, that are not spelled correctly.
Not to mention the run on paragraphs, mashed language used, and so on. As I write this, I can think of a number of active participants throughout this forum whose comments I will not read because it is an assault on my brain to try and figure out what said contributor is saying.
Maybe it's just me, perhaps I woke up today with a bug in my backside, but C'mon guys...I know from reading that most of you are well educated, familiar with the language in some real sense, somewhat computer savvy, but your writing would make one believe you did not make it past the fourth grade.

comments welcome...have at it

I ain't believing that somebody ain't already said "Well bless your heart". Larry

 

[bgrafsr]

As a rule, I don't get too wrapped around the axle on the few forums I visit. I might make comments to myself, but considering the number of times I have fat fingered or poorly proofread, rock throwing might damage my residence.

However, in professional settings, I can be ruthless. I have shamelessly mocked other lawyers in replying to their motions and briefing; rejected job applicants because of low skill levels in their written product (resumes, writing sample, cover letter), and sent probation violation reports back covered in red ink. Crummy police reports really bothered me, and I was always glad for ruthless Sergeants who insisted on quality paperwork. For a long time, one agency in this State used to drive me buggy because their reports were consistently of low quality. I won't name them, but they Wrote So Poorly.

When I was in the DB, I took the reports to the Grand Jury, and sometimes I was very embarrassed to do so.

We had a Captain who loved using a red pen to highlight mistakes in reports, and he would then have the report writer redo it correctly. One morning, a couple of officers from night shift left reports on his desk, and he did not have time to check them before they went off duty. Well, he red penciled the heck out of them and when he found out they had gone off duty, he ended up retyping the reports himself. He didn't use the red pencil much after that.

 

[snubbyfan]

With my peripheral neuropathy, after I coerce my gimpy fingers to type something in, I'm not particularly worried about perfect sentence structure. If I read it and it seems to get my point across, then off it goes.
Sometimes it's just easier to post a picture or a video.

 

[therevjay]

Whats the big deal about "ellipses'" anyway? I stayed up to watch one once. It wernt that exciteing. Doubt I'll do 'er agin.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

A forum member conjugates the verb "to be"
present tense:
I be
You be
He be's
Past tense:
I been
you been
he been
Next week, we'll start discussing ones gerunds and dangling participles

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

When I was a freshman at Clemson University 49 years ago,English 101 professors would FAIL your paper if you mis-spelled ONE word OR had TWO punctuation errors in your composition (typically 500 words,or more). I guess that it has kind of carried over. I must confess that grossly-poor grammar and spelling tends to detract from a post no matter the content. That's just me. Sorry.
On the other hand,colloquial dialects used by some of our Western and Southern members,I find enjoyable,but NOT when attempted by members from other areas who have no idea how to go about replicating it. 'T'ain't becomin'!
f.t.

As long as Clemson keeps doing that, y'all will never have an SEC caliber football team

Oh and down South "T'aint" is a noun

 

[rwsmith]

You mean....

The spelling or lack of doesn't bother me. What does is the lack of punctuation. The sentences run together and you have to stop and figure out where one ended and the new started!

i didn't know ee cummings posted here.

 

[snubbyfan]

Here's yer sign;

 

[LTC]

Well, you did ask us to "Have at it".

Better luck with your next thread.

LTC

 

[mjr]

f u cn rd ths, u cn bcm a sec & gt a gd jb w hi pa

 

[handejector]

You gise crak me op.

I git lotz o thim red lins unner my wurds, but I ignoar em.
I meen, laick, rilley, how do we now thay now whut thare doin?

Thank bout thet.

 

[shouldazagged]

Next week, we'll start discussing ones gerunds and dangling participles

I've got your gerund right here. Dangling stuff is your problem.

 

[joeintexas]

I don't tend to get too upset over the spelling in forums, although sometimes it is actually humorous. If I can understand what they are trying to say and I learn from the post I consider it a good one. I have picked up so much valuable information here that may or may not have been misspelled that I really don't pay any attention to the error. All you terrible spellers just keep posting...I'll keep reading.

 

[snubbyfan]

I've got your gerund right here.

Right next to my dangling participles.