Spelling
Feb 2, 2014 04:59:37 #
Believe me this is not a criticism in any form against anybody. On this forum I see many cases of incorrect spelling. I just wondered how important it is.
It is to me but I'm sure to many people it does not matter a jot. It might to a prospective employer but that depends on the job. You don't need to spell if you are, say a bricklayer but you might if it was a clerical job.
I am not talking about the differences between US and UK spelling. US spelling always seems to me to be logical.
It is to me but I'm sure to many people it does not matter a jot. It might to a prospective employer but that depends on the job. You don't need to spell if you are, say a bricklayer but you might if it was a clerical job.
I am not talking about the differences between US and UK spelling. US spelling always seems to me to be logical.
Feb 2, 2014 05:07:25 #
alawry
Loc: Timaru New Zealand
viscountdriver wrote:
Believe me this is not a criticism in any form against anybody. On this forum I see many cases of incorrect spelling. I just wondered how important it is.
It is to me but I'm sure to many people it does not matter a jot. It might to a prospective employer but that depends on the job. You don't need to spell if you are, say a bricklayer but you might if it was a clerical job.
I am not talking about the differences between US and UK spelling. US spelling always seems to me to be logical.
It is to me but I'm sure to many people it does not matter a jot. It might to a prospective employer but that depends on the job. You don't need to spell if you are, say a bricklayer but you might if it was a clerical job.
I am not talking about the differences between US and UK spelling. US spelling always seems to me to be logical.
I know what you are saying. I'm over it, it is now a form of entertainment to me. It's so obvious that some don't bother reading what they have typed before they press the submit or the send button.
Feb 2, 2014 05:08:41 #
oldmalky
Loc: West Midlands,England.
In many cases i would say it's because people are on mobiles or I Pads,if they are on a laptop then it is because they cannot be bothered to check.
Feb 2, 2014 05:19:27 #
alawry
Loc: Timaru New Zealand
oldmalky wrote:
In many cases i would say it's because people are on mobiles or I Pads,if they are on a laptop then it is because they cannot be bothered to check.
You know, having recently aquired a tablet, I agree with you, it is just so fiddly trying to put the curser in the right place to edit out a typo, and so easy to make a typo. Just since my last comment on this thread I saw a post titled "By with Cow" and the subject was obviously "Boy with Cow". So prevalent. Are so many folk really using mobile and tablet?
Feb 2, 2014 05:33:54 #
You think those examples have a problem...
I don't mind others making spelling errors, but
the paradox is I hate making spelling errors or grammatical
errors; and a make both regularly. :-\
I don't mind others making spelling errors, but
the paradox is I hate making spelling errors or grammatical
errors; and a make both regularly. :-\
Feb 2, 2014 05:34:48 #
I try my best when posting to have correct spelling and grammer throughout. I am using a full sized computer. I have noticed that when I'm typing on my mobile that the autocomplete function sometimes changes what I type. It can be very frustrating. If you think this is bad you should try and read the kids text messages - it's a whole new language.
Feb 2, 2014 05:51:55 #
alawry
Loc: Timaru New Zealand
Nightsky wrote:
I try my best when posting to have correct spelling and grammer throughout. I am using a full sized computer. I have noticed that when I'm typing on my mobile that the autocomplete function sometimes changes what I type. It can be very frustrating. If you think this is bad you should try and read the kids text messages - it's a whole new language.
Oh dear. Such fun.
Feb 2, 2014 05:56:59 #
viscountdriver wrote:
Believe me this is not a criticism in any form against anybody. On this forum I see many cases of incorrect spelling. I just wondered how important it is.
It is to me but I'm sure to many people it does not matter a jot. It might to a prospective employer but that depends on the job. You don't need to spell if you are, say a bricklayer but you might if it was a clerical job.
I am not talking about the differences between US and UK spelling. US spelling always seems to me to be logical.
It is to me but I'm sure to many people it does not matter a jot. It might to a prospective employer but that depends on the job. You don't need to spell if you are, say a bricklayer but you might if it was a clerical job.
I am not talking about the differences between US and UK spelling. US spelling always seems to me to be logical.
Laziness comes to mind
But then I do make a fuw mist aches meself haha
Feb 2, 2014 06:00:26 #
Feb 2, 2014 06:01:02 #
oldmalky
Loc: West Midlands,England.
Nightsky wrote:
I try my best when posting to have correct spelling and grammer throughout. I am using a full sized computer. I have noticed that when I'm typing on my mobile that the autocomplete function sometimes changes what I type. It can be very frustrating. If you think this is bad you should try and read the kids text messages - it's a whole new language.
That is something that gets right up my nose people who are to idle to type out the word, it is one thing to be in a hurry with a phone message (text)but just bad manners when answering a query on a forum.
Feb 2, 2014 06:02:24 #
oldmalky wrote:
That is something that gets right up my nose people who are to idle to type out the word, it is one thing to be in a hurry with a phone message (text)but just bad manners when answering a query on a forum.
:thumbup: :thumbup:
Feb 2, 2014 06:52:52 #
viscountdriver wrote:
Believe me this is not a criticism in any form against anybody. On this forum I see many cases of incorrect spelling. I just wondered how important it is.
It is to me but I'm sure to many people it does not matter a jot. It might to a prospective employer but that depends on the job. You don't need to spell if you are, say a bricklayer but you might if it was a clerical job.
I am not talking about the differences between US and UK spelling. US spelling always seems to me to be logical.
It is to me but I'm sure to many people it does not matter a jot. It might to a prospective employer but that depends on the job. You don't need to spell if you are, say a bricklayer but you might if it was a clerical job.
I am not talking about the differences between US and UK spelling. US spelling always seems to me to be logical.
When it changes completely the meaning of a sentence then yes, it bugs me. For instance, many people seem not to know the difference between "loose" and "lose". It's easy to remember if you remember this:
"If you don't tie that loose shoelace, you will lose your shoe."
Feb 2, 2014 06:54:23 #
Nightsky wrote:
I try my best when posting to have correct spelling and grammer throughout. I am using a full sized computer. I have noticed that when I'm typing on my mobile that the autocomplete function sometimes changes what I type. It can be very frustrating. If you think this is bad you should try and read the kids text messages - it's a whole new language.
Penny the waitress to Sheldon the Theoretical Physisist:
What does AFK stand for?
Sheldon to Penny:
Away from keyboard.
Penny to Sheldon:
Oh, I see.
Sheldon to Penny:
What does OIC stand for?
:P
Feb 2, 2014 07:26:24 #
viscountdriver wrote:
Believe me this is not a criticism in any form against anybody. On this forum I see many cases of incorrect spelling. I just wondered how important it is.
It is to me but I'm sure to many people it does not matter a jot. It might to a prospective employer but that depends on the job. You don't need to spell if you are, say a bricklayer but you might if it was a clerical job.
I am not talking about the differences between US and UK spelling. US spelling always seems to me to be logical.
It is to me but I'm sure to many people it does not matter a jot. It might to a prospective employer but that depends on the job. You don't need to spell if you are, say a bricklayer but you might if it was a clerical job.
I am not talking about the differences between US and UK spelling. US spelling always seems to me to be logical.
By the way VD, (no pun intended :twisted: )
what was the range of a Viscount? I had a flight on one in about 1963, from Perth to Melbourne (Australia) and can't remember a stop over.
Feb 2, 2014 09:34:53 #
Long time ago.I seem to remember about five hours which would be about eighteen hundred miles.
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