Is spelling and grammar important to you?

[connor]

My worst posts with typos etc come from using my iPhone as too lazy to put laptop on

 

[Scouser]

I'm a self employed plasterer

Typical when I got my first house it wasnt possible to find a decent plaster....... one thing I didnt need was someone who could spell....

Makes you think doesnt it

 

[sev112]

My typing is appalling, and even though i am an "east end boy" i do spend a lot of time trying to get punctuation and spelling correct. But i dont get too paranoid about it - the most important thing to me is communication is not misunderstood.

What reaaalllllly gets me, is pronunciation with kids. How on earth can kids learn to spell a word correctly if it isn't pronounced correctly ? Then they get all the grief of getting of getting their school tests wrong and being told they can't spell when in fact they spell extremely well for what they hear.

Sorry, personal rant over

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I'm sorry but at the end of the day its a golf forum. As long as I can read the content without it being one long unpunctuated paragraph I am more than happy to let spelling mistakes and grammar go. I'm not being lazy but why be a pedant. Its about discussing (mostly) golf related issues. I do a fair bit of writing and for newer members use to edit the GM Forum pages that appear in the magazine each month as well as having had a number of articles published. When submitting that kind of work, personal pride dictates that I'll read and re-read it and check it for grammar and spelling.

On here I'd rather make my point on a particular thread and move on. Life's too short and if I wanted to be tested on my English I'd join the "Eat Shoots and Leaves" appreciation society

 

[Golfmmad]

Simple question .....

To the people that do point out the errors and spelling mistakes....

What do you get out of it / achieve??

(I am no including the very clever people that spot the mistakes from the smart a$$ who originally pointed out a mistake, to you lot its a big :thup

Oh sucks I meant to include the quote [referring]to there and not their in Pierce's post. Hoisted by his own petard

I reckon most misspelling is generated by the tablet/phone users.

Text speak Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Anyhow Have a good year everyone.

Fixed that for you Daymond! :thup:

 

[johnboywalton]

Yes in my work reports etc and when it comes to my daughters school work, but on here it really does not bother me, I will always check my own posts and sometimes I will skip a post if it is to bad, but that is rare!

 

[Basher]

Not wishing to sound like a snob, but spelling and grammar were what I went to school for. What's the point in learning how to write and spell properly if you are not going to use it.
Some posts on here are a nightmare to read. Poor grammar and the worst, bloody text speak.

On the whole, as long as I can read and understand a post, I'm not too bothered. Always try to reply correctly though.

 

[stevie_r]

I find correct fitting shoes are very important to me! What a stupid thing go say.

Really? From the most opiniateted guy on the forum?

 

[wull]

Really? From the most opiniateted guy on the forum?

pot kettle black..........if you really like people to take pride in their grammar and spelling then maybe you should try it yourself

 

[Scouser]

pot kettle black..........if you really like people to take pride in their grammar and spelling then maybe you should try it yourself

:thup::clap:

 

[thecraw]

pot kettle black..........if you really like people to take pride in their grammar and spelling then maybe you should try it yourself

Is that 1-0 to us thick planks Wull?

:clap:

 

[stevie_r]

pot kettle black..........if you really like people to take pride in their grammar and spelling then maybe you should try it yourself

Fair one

 

[Snelly]

Yes, spelling and grammar are important to me.

I don't criticise others for being thick though.

 

[chris661]

My worst posts with typos etc come from using my iPhone as too lazy to put laptop on

Why don't you use the spell checker with the iPhone?

 

[MegaSteve]

Spell checkers are fine as long as they are set to English rather than American!

Grammar checkers just leave me even more confused than I am about the point of grammar in the first place...

 

[bobmac]

Spell checkers are fine as long as they are set to English rather than American!

Dont get me started on that.
In this months magazine I am told to "do the math"

 

[Scouser]

Dont get me started on that.
In this months magazine I am told to "do the math"

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww bob do you have a problem with maths as well as spelling???? :rofl:

 

[bobmac]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww bob do you have a problem with maths as well as spelling???? :rofl:

It's not maths, it's arithmetic or sums as we called it at school which we were taught to do in our head before calculators came along.

:ears:

 

[Scouser]

It's not maths, it's arithmetic or sums as we called it at school which we were taught to do in our head before calculators came along.

:ears:

So not true you used those funny looking things with beads on

and its the 3 r's reading riting rithmatic so get it right :ears:

 

[bobmac]

So not true you used those funny looking things with beads on

and its the 3 r's reading riting rithmatic so get it right :ears:

Is it right that half of Liverpool can't read, half can't write and the other half can't count?