How important is spelling and punctuation to you?

Xfaxman · Feb 22, 2015

jjsjeff said:
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Also, if you ask a question you need to put a question mark at the end of the sentence, don't you?

Yes, I do?

xzcVAbc5 · Feb 22, 2015

Xfaxman said:
Yes, I do?

1 out of 2 ain't bad. Mind your commas though.

kenmac · Feb 22, 2015

Coyote machine said:
Incorrect usage of weather above. Weather is cloudy. Whether is what you were trying to say. Put me on your ignore list; I have no patience for those who choose ignorance as a way of life. No one is professing to be a god here; and tell me how trying to better understand and use one's own language correctly is a bad thing to want to accomplish?!:confused3::duh:

I think your mind is also cloudy...Whether you like it or not..There, I bottle fed you

kenmac · Feb 22, 2015

newbury said:
From the start of the thread
I wasn't meaning common or occasional misspelling or a missed period, which is why I put in the example.

When you join many lines together without a paragraph you reach my visual ignore list automatically, "weather" you intend to or not. And apparently many other posters who responded in this thread work the same way and ignore long "posts without paragraphs". So if you continue to post like that you can consider your posts ignored by us. I realize it doesn't bother you and it doesn't bother me.

That's why I wrote atrocious misspelling. And I apologize if my writing style offends you.

/edit - here's a current post that is difficult, thus not worth my time to try to parse:

Well, Being the YES BOY that you are. You are new on my ignore list

JDgreen227 · Feb 22, 2015

jjsjeff said:
One pet peeve or annoyance that I have when reading forums is people that don't trim the original post they are replying to.

If you reply to one point of someone else's post that has four points in it you can trim the extraneous text out.

Also, if you ask a question you need to put a question mark at the end of the sentence, don't you?

DO TELL!!! What if people here have perfect grammar and spelling YET they don't know how to trim the original post? Do you crucify them for not knowing that, or commend them for having proper grammar and spelling???

bajabum · Feb 22, 2015

Natter, Natter, Natter...

Bunch of old biddies, clucking away...

xzcVAbc5 · Feb 22, 2015

JDgreen227 said:
DO TELL!!! What if people here have perfect grammar and spelling YET they don't know how to trim the original post? Do you crucify them for not knowing that, or commend them for having proper grammar and spelling???

I don't do either one. I've figured out over the years that people are pretty bull-headed on forums and resist changing their behavior to benefit everyone else and are insulted that I point out that they could improve their posts.

xzcVAbc5 · Feb 22, 2015

bajabum said:
Natter, Natter, Natter...

Bunch of old biddies, clucking away...

Its a "stitch n' *****" thread. Haha!

JDgreen227 · Feb 22, 2015

jjsjeff said:
Its a "stitch n' *****" thread. Haha!

Nah...."Roast n' boast....":laughing:

brain55 · Feb 22, 2015

I got flamed a couple years ago when a kid came one here looking for work. If I remember correctly, his post was one sentence, with no capitalization or punctuation. I commended his thinking outside of the box and using this forum as a networking tool, but told him I wouldn't hire him based on my first impression and suggested that he may want somebody to proofread for him.

Brian