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ORIGINAL: BlkTallFullfig

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I would not respond with "Get away, grammatical felon! Speak properly or perish!".
 
Grammar and spelling matter. So do other things, like honesty, and love, courage.

     
Perfect!   Sometimes people here really do respond like you've spit in their milk if you don't behave (im)properly haughty.  
I think everyone should make self understandable, but beyond that, it's not that serious.   M

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ORIGINAL: Gauge



Grammar Nazi's will come crawling out of the woodwork on any board or email group. If that is the only thing they have to contribute to a thread then that is fairly weak especially if they use it as a response when they have been outdone by someone else and that is their only recourse.

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ORIGINAL: marieToo

Apparently it's not exactly your forte either,  honey.

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Oh and about the attacking people for spelling on CM.  Ive seen it in at least 3 threads this week.  If its of interest to you, then do more reading on the threads.  You'll find its quite rampant.  

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ORIGINAL: MySweetSubmssive
Amayos, stunning photographs. 

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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster

Wow, another thread about spelling and grammar?

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ORIGINAL: feastie

I once worked for a large hospital in the Education Department.  Nurses who administer medications must take a test before being allowed to give meds in this hospital and they must take the test annually.  Passing score for this test is 100%.  If they do not answer all the questions correctly, they are remediated on the ones they missed until the Educator is convinced they understand why their answer was incorrect and why the correct answer is correct. 

*adds that to my domly dominant handbook for future reference*

The test is open book.  They are allowed to use books, Medex, (an online drug reference), they are allowed to use their study guide.  They are allowed to use a calculator.  The reason for this is that it is much more important to know that these people know how to find the answer they need, rather than relying on their memory and perhaps making a medication error which could prove fatal for the patient.

How does this relate to this post?  Even if you are not the best speller or suck at grammar, resources are available to you to help you.  I personally suck at math.  Really, hugely suck at math.  But, if I have to help with homework or use a formula I can't remember, I will go search it out, rather than guessing.  I may not be a mathmetician, but I can find out how to do what I need to do.  I may not get the correct answer even then, but I will have put forth the effort.

Math and I don't get along very well either. You know what I use to do math at home with? A calculator I bought at the checkout at Wal-Mart in 1986 for $1.00. I know that isn't terribly entertaining, but I do so love my calculator, but figured it wasn't worth starting a whole thread over LOL.

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ORIGINAL: marieToo

"Gross sloppiness" and "ignorance of etiquette" can be corrected if someone chooses to do so. 

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ORIGINAL: NakedOnMyChain

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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster

Wow, another thread about spelling and grammar?

They don't die, no matter how hard you hit them with the shovel.

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Watching what you say

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ORIGINAL: UtopianRanger

My favorite poster here is a guy {He hasn't posted since back in January} who never wrote for the audience and instead always wrote from the soul and spoke his mind, no matter how controversial or who he upset.{and believe me... he upset more than a few}

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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster

That guy was interesting when he took his Zoloft in the morning, and a boor when he didn't.

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ORIGINAL: UtopianRanger

My favorite poster here is a guy {He hasn't posted since back in January} who never wrote for the audience and instead always wrote from the soul and spoke his mind, no matter how controversial or who he upset.{and believe me... he upset more than a few}

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ORIGINAL: marieToo

"Gross sloppiness" and "ignorance of etiquette" can be corrected if someone chooses to do so. 

My point exactly. This particularly applies to contacting members individually on this site as well. ;)

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ORIGINAL: NakedOnMyChain

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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster

Wow, another thread about spelling and grammar?

They don't die, no matter how hard you hit them with the shovel.

The topic that would not die!!!

That is because people take that shovel out of the hand that is trying to knock it down and just keeps on digging...

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ORIGINAL: marieToo

Apparently it's not exactly your forte either,  honey.

I call them like I see them.  If you take offense, that's your business.

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Oh and about the attacking people for spelling on CM.  Ive seen it in at least 3 threads this week.  If its of interest to you, then do more reading on the threads.  You'll find its quite rampant.  

I never said people don't attack other people for spelling.  I've seen that happen frequently.  I said I have yet to see it happen because the poor speller had a better point and the attacker was attacking because they didn't have one.  Like I said, I'll be happy to admit I'm wrong, but I'm not going to dig through posts to prove your point.  If you'd like to prove me wrong, feel free.  As soon as you do I'll admit my error.  If it doesn't matter enough to dig around for them, let's agree to disagree.

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ORIGINAL: darkinshadows

That is because people take that shovel out of the hand that is trying to knock it down and just keeps on digging...

 

Peace and Rapture

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ORIGINAL: bandit25

This is annoying the hell out of me.  Because I prefer that posters use proper grammar and spell words correctly, I am a grammar Nazi?  I certainly don't attack any6ne for it, but I do notice it.  Some people are good spellers (like me)...some aren't.  But everyone can use spellcheck.