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In Reply to: RE: If id doesent sound that good why dont they just admit it? posted by Inmate51 on June 04, 2012 at 13:16:35
I too find it irritating when posters to AA don't take the time to spell check their posts and at least read over what they have written and see if it comprehensible or at least coherent. I realize that not everyone is going to use proper grammar but I don't think it wouldn't be asking too much to at least make a perfunctory effort to edit their comments before posting.
Take a Physics 101 class? I assume you're joking. I'm confident that this forum would loose a good 99% of its member if that were a requirement including me.
Just sayin....
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Jay it would help allot if we were allowed to edit our posts after putting them up, which is common on the rest of the web. And if you don't care for the spelling why not throw in a spell checker. You should not have to go back to school to buy stereo equipment or post to a forum. It is the ideas that are important not grammar or spelling.
Sumflow, a godzillion years ago when I was in high school I remember some kids rationalizing their poor use of English by claiming "it was the idea that counts, not the spelling or grammar". I was probably amongst that crowd since I was not a great student nor terribly proficient writer.
The fact is our ideas, messages, opinions, etc. when delivered through writing or speech do count and tells a lot about us as thinkers and how seriously our ideas should be taken. I can't speak for anyone else but if I have to mull over a poorly written post then I'm less likely to to put much stock in its content.
Spell check is a correction function that comes with most if not all PCs and Mac computers. There is really no excuse for misspelled words other than laziness.
Editing a post is a no brainer. Edit your post in the message box before sending it.
As a side note, if you want to see examples of well written posts yet have very different writing styles then read those submitted by Teresa and Elizabeth. One is more scholarly view point and the other more humorous but both clearly take the time to present their ideas in a manner that grabs your attention and makes you think.
Fair point. Do you think you might be overcompensating for a miss spent youth.
Jay I use a spell checker, but I recognize that many people use english as a second language. I do not want any of them to NOT post there ideas over something so trivial as elementary school rules. By the way this morning I found that we can edit out posts, but it would be easier if we could do it from here.
The amazing thing about the United States is how so many people, whole states, whole areas of the country cannot speak and spell good english but I can understand them anyway.
~~~Our lunacies have been infringed..
I think this is the first time I've ever heard anyone arguing for the merits of poor English.
Ah yes Dr Sumflow, since you brought it to my attention I'm certain that my "miss spent youth" strongly contributes to my preference for using proper English. BTW, I haven't a clue what you're talking about nor do you but I suspect you might be suggesting that there could have been some traumatic events in my childhood that led to my respect for using good grammar and comprehensible sentences with a healthy dose of common sense thrown in the mix. Yep, the culprit was called Report Cards, college and graduate school that took a dim, and I'm sure an unfair view of participants who had trouble writing a legible sentence. So unfair, wasn't it.
I see that you are also championing the cause of immigrants who are struggling to learn English.
How noble of you. For some reason I still think those who speak English as a second language have the same need to make themselves understood as much as anyone else.
I really have no more to say about this so I will now politely go on to an audio related topic.
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