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JulesMaximus

No Lifer
Jul 3, 2003
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Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: Sentinel
I have found that people that are anal-retentive about spelling have other issues in their life.

I have found that people that judge other people have tiny winkies.

You've checked them all have you?:shocked:
 

Fritzo

Lifer
Jan 3, 2001
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Originally posted by: exilera
Originally posted by: Sentinel
I have found that people that are anal-retentive about spelling have other issues in their life.

Agreed.

Last week someone sent me a PM saying I had the spelling of someone's name wrong. That's....well...that's just SAD!
 

gigapet

Lifer
Aug 9, 2001
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Originally posted by: labgeek
Originally posted by: gigapet
who said anything about the grammar nazi's leaving their house and having friends?
I do find it strange that I am the one who has no friends, yet I have an Average Posts Per Day of approximately 1/5 of yours.

apparently my job is 5 times more boring than yours
 

ktehmok

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Aug 4, 2001
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Well, it's like this:

People in modern society will judge you (Very quickly, and it will remain in their mind for a long time) on how you speak. It doesn't matter if it is verbally, or in written form.

The majority of these people are the one's who will decide if you will be hired for that job you want, or if you will get that loan for the car you are interested in. Or if you are the caliber of person to attend their college.

You may get by reasonably well in life by gibbering on like an idiot. But sooner or later, your grammer will fail you. And the really sad thing is, your children will likely pay the price because they will pick up your half-assed grasp of communicating, and have to pay for it as well.

The whole point of this post is that:

Other's will understand you somewhat when you misspell, and butcher, your native language. But they will never take you seriously. It doesn't matter how cool you think you are. Furthermore, any point that you are trying to get across will be ignored.

That being said: Use the fvcking spell-checker people!
 

godmare

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Sep 25, 2002
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Originally posted by: ktehmok
Well, it's like this:

People in modern society will judge you (Very quickly, and it will remain in their mind for a long time) on how you speak. It doesn't matter if it is verbally, or in written form.

The majority of these people are the one's who will decide if you will be hired for that job you want, or if you will get that loan for the car you are interested in. Or if you are the caliber of person to attend their college.

You may get by reasonably well in life by gibbering on like an idiot. But sooner or later, your grammer will fail you. And the really sad thing is, your children will likely pay the price because they will pick up your half-assed grasp of communicating, and have to pay for it as well.

The whole point of this post is that:

Other's will understand you somewhat when you misspell, and butcher, your native language. But they will never take you seriously. It doesn't matter how cool you think you are. Furthermore, any point that you are trying to get across will be ignored.

That being said: Use the fvcking apostrophe-checker people!



 

dighn

Lifer
Aug 12, 2001
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Originally posted by: ktehmok
You may get by reasonably well in life by gibbering on like an idiot. But sooner or later, your grammer will fail you. And the really sad thing is, your children will likely pay the price because they will pick up your half-assed grasp of communicating, and have to pay for it as well.

;)
 

stan394

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Jul 8, 2005
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i use google to do spell-check. power to the "if many people link to it, it's probably a right spelling" mindset