Typos and Oh, how I wish it was better English in general

[SatCure]

Am I allowed to comment on typos here? I mean is anyone interested in typing correct English or are you happy in your ignorance, thinking that "everyone will understand so correct English doesn't matter"? (This appears to be the current thinking in UK schools nowadays.)

I thought I'd better ask because some forums welcome corrections and some don't. One forum actually banned me for pointing out a typo that changed the whole meaning of somebody's post. Apparently I was subjecting the poster to "public humiliation" by translating what he meant to express. The fact that what he expressed wasn't what he meant didn't seem to matter.

Hey, who changed my subject line?

[Amy]

Be my guest if you wanna play teacher but im sure your making a rod for your back and will have your work cut out. 

The way i look at it is like this,  - Les Dawson was allowed to play the piano out of key and tune cos he was so bloody good at playing it properly to start with, and the same follows for my grammar and typing. ( I dont make spelling mistakes, just typos) I know how to talk tidy and therefore earned my right to type as I like, mistakes and all   

[Amy]

Oh yeah
You gots to remember that Billi talks english for his second or maybe third language and I for one wouldnt dream of correcting him cos hes doing bloody great to get this far.

Others may be dyslexic and might just be totally peed off with being corrected.

Having said that, im all for maintaining what left of our linguistic herritage, but I think its gonna die when our generation dies.
Nothing new in history though as its all been done before

As you may have noticed, certain words are filtered and changed automatically, and Martin likes to have his say too

[dhaslam]

Bad spelling is often an indicator that the person is above average intelligence.     In Ireland there was a big increase in both second level and third level education all within a very short period  so  there  are  people working in the same job with  primary education only while others have degrees.   When someone produces a complex  report with just some spelling mistakes  it is still impressive  when that person may have had ten years less schooling than his colleagues.   I am sure the same applies to forums,  take notice of the content not the spelling.

[martin]

The forum software transposed the thread title by use of it's automatic "naughty words" substitution ability.
Spelling, punctuation and grammar on a forum are a ticklish subject - having been educated back in the days when such things were taught and literally "knocked into" us, I do find myself wincing at much of what I see on various fora (it "gets me" rather like the atrocious table manners displayed on the current "Birds Eye" ads on ITV3) - BUT that says more about me and my education than anything else.....
I have to accept that different criteria are at play nowadays, and if school doesn't find correct grammar and punctuation to be important, then who am I to try to put right a couple of generations of atrocious teaching? Add to that the fact that many very bright people are dyslexic, and often some of our leading board members don't have English as a first language, it's a can of worms that's best left (I waste enough bloody time doing Joyce Grenfell imitations as it is ........."don't do that Timothy")
Thus spake the boring old f*rt who'd have to sort out the inevitable WW3 that would occur!

[Baz]

They're some thing's that great on my Home Counties nerves. Dear God, I do believe some people on the forum have not been to public school and Cambridge.

[arizmanor]

I knows that name - I bided a fan thingy for my Sky box several year's ago which was meant to stir things up a bit from ee.  It still werks  :-)  Heems real hot on spellin's and apostra-thingy's.

(Got a good site though  ;-)  )

[martin]

Know exactly what you mean, I didn't go to public school or Cambridge, was a mere grammar grub meself!

[Amy]

They're some thing's that great grate on my Home Counties nerves. Dear God, I do believe some people on the forum have not been to public school and Cambridge.

[billi]

I think, it is a great language school for me here , thanks all !

There would be no  3510 posts  from me , if i would have to think about each word twice


I know..., half of the posts    were cr@p 

Billi

[Amy]

Congratulations Billi

In 2 years ive seen your Grammar, spelling, and useage improve leaps and bounds. Well done you.

I think you can move up into the top class next term. 

[Amy]

rather like the atrocious table manners displayed on the current "Birds Eye" ads on ITV3) - BUT that says more about me and my education than anything else.....

Aye, and your not a snob either, or you wouldnt be seen dead watching ITV

[billi]

thanks Amy

I have to admit , i have a helper http://www.dict.cc/?s=leaps+and+bounds   

[Amy]

Translators are good but they dont always understand context.

Have you ever read one of those hillarious instruction manuals which try and use as many inapropriate words as possible?

Your doing good Billi. I guess you find many Germanic words which olde English adopted

[Baz]

They're some thing's that great grate on my Home Counties nerves. Dear God, I do believe some people on the forum have not been to public school and Cambridge.

Please miss, does that correction meen you think's the rest is ok and I get's 9/10?