Does correct spelling really matter
Jul 23, 2018 08:06:24 #
sodapop wrote:
My spell checker works in UHH and I use it all the time. And it's lens not lense, and "I need advice" not advise.
The use of the wrong word will nit (sic) get caught by the spell checker.
Jul 23, 2018 08:21:00 #
Yew are sew right about that!
Longshadow wrote:
The use of the wrong word will nit (sic) get caught by the spell checker.
Jul 23, 2018 08:24:31 #
sodapop wrote:
Yew are sew right about that!
I have to laugh. When spell checkers first came out, people were adding misspelled words to their local/personal dictionaries.
That doesn't help.....
Jul 23, 2018 08:25:11 #
dirtpusher wrote:
I do alot of misspelling in the attic. It sure gets them fired up. Lol
Not only in the attic (see below). Lol!!!
dirtpusher (a regular here) (online) Joined: Oct 29, 2011 Posts: 82832 Loc: tulsa oklahoma
robertjerl wrote:
How long does it take to know if they know "w... (show quote)
When you removing the dirt. Between point a an b. It is an imaginary line between the two as to when you know to quit. You just have to picture it in your head as to what it suppose look like when your done. What machines has he been on.
Jul 23, 2018 08:27:17 #
My oldest son can not spell worth a dam, I know this because I have seen his job applications and resumes. However He is great at math and he dislikes reading. With this said he is now part owner of a logistics company with another marine that he worked with at another logistics company. They both decided that it was better to take most of the payment for the loads than to only get a percentage of it.
My daughter in law is another one that can't spell and she is worse than my oldest son. They both graduated from high school. It is very difficult at times to decipher her text messages. About the only one that can is my youngest son and even he has trouble sometimes. He is one of those that has a lot of useless knowledge. I have three boys by the way. My daughter in law is married to my middle son who is a truck driver in OK. He gave up being a manager at Carl's Jr to drive a truck in OK., and I paid for his truck driving school.
My daughter in law is another one that can't spell and she is worse than my oldest son. They both graduated from high school. It is very difficult at times to decipher her text messages. About the only one that can is my youngest son and even he has trouble sometimes. He is one of those that has a lot of useless knowledge. I have three boys by the way. My daughter in law is married to my middle son who is a truck driver in OK. He gave up being a manager at Carl's Jr to drive a truck in OK., and I paid for his truck driving school.
Jul 23, 2018 08:31:10 #
Jul 23, 2018 08:46:28 #
DebAnn wrote:
It's true that when we read a piece of text we are so familiar with the words that we can understand what's written if the first and last letters are correct. However, that definitely does not mean that correct spelling doesn't matter. I'm a writer and sloppy spelling drives me nuts!
And that makes it difficult to proofread what we have written.
Jul 23, 2018 09:24:47 #
dirtpusher wrote:
Cambridge University Says Spelling Does Not Matter?
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
As far as I'M concerned Yes to me it matters. I would normally not even try to read anything with spelling this bad.
If someone can't take the "trouble" to spell correctly Why should I take the trouble to read or try to understand what they are trying to say?
Jul 23, 2018 09:31:50 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
It matters in law and in science. It doesn't matter in religion. 😜😜
Jul 23, 2018 09:47:10 #
Jul 23, 2018 09:49:22 #
dirtpusher wrote:
I've never hired anyone using an application. It takes about five minutes to tell if they can run a bulldozer.
OMG! You can spell bulldozer!
Jul 23, 2018 09:49:47 #
Jul 23, 2018 09:54:40 #
marine73 wrote:
My oldest son can not spell worth a dam, I know th... (show quote)
Dam is spelled damn, by the way. Your punctuation could use a number of corrections too. Not that I could do much better. I just thought this to be ironic. No offense meant.
Jul 23, 2018 10:00:06 #
Poor spelling and grammar drive me nuts. When I began teaching in college 10 years ago I was appalled by the skill levels of many of my students. My classes were a mix of traditional college freshmen and older students who were returning to college after abscences of several years. The “adults’” skills were far better than the “kids’”.
I always told my students that “spelling and grammar count” in their written assignment grades. Many of them were upset with this policy because it wasn’t an English Class.
I always told my students that “spelling and grammar count” in their written assignment grades. Many of them were upset with this policy because it wasn’t an English Class.
Jul 23, 2018 10:04:21 #
FrumCA wrote:
Not only in the attic (see below). Lol!!!
dirtpusher (a regular here) (online) Joined: Oct 29, 2011 Posts: 82832 Loc: tulsa oklahoma
robertjerl wrote:
How long does it take to know if they know "w... (show quote)
When you removing the dirt. Between point a an b. It is an imaginary line between the two as to when you know to quit. You just have to picture it in your head as to what it suppose look like when your done. What machines has he been on.
dirtpusher (a regular here) (online) Joined: Oct 29, 2011 Posts: 82832 Loc: tulsa oklahoma
robertjerl wrote:
How long does it take to know if they know "w... (show quote)
When you removing the dirt. Between point a an b. It is an imaginary line between the two as to when you know to quit. You just have to picture it in your head as to what it suppose look like when your done. What machines has he been on.
You (alwyas) have been very entertaining.
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