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Good reading material that CF! :thumbsup: I'm oddly the kind of person that likes the thought of buying psychology, science, philosophy and all kinds of books along those lines but I never seem to get around to them, inspite of the fact that theyd be enjoyable to me. :roll:

Plenty of times I've seen Patrick Stewart reading something in Startrek aswell and thought 'I should read that myself sometime'...

Maybe its time for some self kicking the rear... ;)
 
I do lots of typos. Things like connecotr instead connector (fast typing sometime's a beotch!), repeating words ("the the" is the most common mistake I see).

But in my defence I can say that I do a thorough revision on all my phrases because I know I make those misakes! ;)
 
If it becomes a lot of text, I usually do it in Word and then run the spell check over it.

And Vbulltin has an option for that, it can even display in multiple languages.
 
i don't think it matters as long as it's readable who cares?

even a mis-spelt "interested" is still a registered "interested" so surely that's all that matters??

i know a guy that is a genius, but can't spell for toffee:)
 
Dear All,

Recently i had to come of off my high horse regarding this subject.
Not all people that claim dyslexia are too stupid/lazy/undereducated/mean to write text that actually gives information.
In other words: there really are some people that are physically/mentally unable to use capitals, punctuation marks or correct grammar.
Politelyness or even their (sometimes very high) IQ does not change the appearance of text for those people.

Being the malignant paranoid that i am, i do get very cross with 12 year olds that write emails like they are using a cellphone and claim dyslexia to get rid of those annoying people that ask information.

Nowwadays i just shout at my screen, i just dont bother anymore to write a mail/reply anymore.

Grtz, PymerOne.
 
PymerOne said:
Nowwadays i just shout at my screen, i just dont bother anymore to write a mail/reply anymore.
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Now there's a thought - speech to text software.

Star Trek here we come :lol:

Dave G :cool:
 
PymerOne said:
Dear All,

Recently i had to come of off my high horse regarding this subject.
Not all people that claim dyslexia are too stupid/lazy/undereducated/mean to write text that actually gives information.
In other words: there really are some people that are physically/mentally unable to use capitals, punctuation marks or correct grammar.
Politelyness or even their (sometimes very high) IQ does not change the appearance of text for those people.

Being the malignant paranoid that i am, i do get very cross with 12 year olds that write emails like they are using a cellphone and claim dyslexia to get rid of those annoying people that ask information.

Nowwadays i just shout at my screen, i just dont bother anymore to write a mail/reply anymore.

Grtz, PymerOne.
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I know a guy like those 12 year olds. He gets everyone to do everything for him, never even tries to do anything himself before asking, really simple PC tasks, connecting wires up, registering a phone, connecting an iPod to iTunes... I know damn well hes perfectly capable of it but he claims he cant read because hes dyslexic and uses it as an excuse to get someone else to do everything.

Theyre only hurting themselves at the end of the day.
 
The thing that gets me the most is the use of the apostrophe, I mean it's meant to show possession & take the place of missing letter:

* The cat's mat - The mat belongs to the cat
* The cat's black - The cat IS black

Who made that up?!

Regards

Clare
 
Blimey what a long thread. Since it went off topic so fast, I've spend so much time reading. I regret the time reading it. I could have touched my winky twice while not reading.

But I had a smile, a laugh and woke today smilling again! So nothing lost it seems.

But I do agree at the OP, some effort or re-reading once post might be nice.

*waiting for the spelling mistakes I made*
 
sqweek01 said:
The thing that gets me the most is the use of the apostrophe, I mean it's meant to show possession & take the place of missing letter:

* The cat's mat - The mat belongs to the cat
* The cat's black - The cat IS black

Who made that up?!

Regards

Clare
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I'm not certain but in propper written language I don't think the second example is technically correct to use unless it's a quote as it's considered slang... apparently.

It certainly replaces a missing letter in don't and they're though... It can be very confusing indeed.

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Misser said:
I could have touched my winky twice while not reading.
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"Look at my horse, my horse is amazing, give it a lick, it tastes just like raisins, with a stroke of its mane, it turns into a plain, and then it turns back again when you..." :lol:
 
AmiNeo said:
"Look at my horse, my horse is amazing, give it a lick, it tastes just like raisins, with a stroke of its mane, it turns into a plain, and then it turns back again when you..." :lol:
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And if you think that's dirty, well, then I'll better not show you where the lemonade is made...
 
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