Muppet grammar grinch creeps into class

[kat_h]

Can we learn to spell and check grammar please?

No.

I'm not going to launch word just so I can spellcheck posts for here. I'm not going to pull out a dictionary just to post here. I admit that writing isn't my strong suit and if that bothers you then that's what the ignore list is for. I have people proofread any formal writing I do, but a forum isn't formal writing.

[singletrackmind]

Then can I compliment everyone for the generally decent posts? After reading a few of the youngster's posts on a few of the truck boards this site is a relief for my sore brain! Text-speak creeps in and what little is regular stuff runs together in crazy not even sentences conglomerations.

(now I'm all self-conscious...)

[Veronica]

Pull up Word... why?

Google Spellcheck on the toolbar.

Poor grammar and spelling makes some writing hard to comprehend.

V.

[kat_h]

I'm not going to install a toolbar just to post on forums either. The ignore user option is nice and handy if that bothers you.

A post like this will not change the spelling habits of established users. The only end that it may achieve is to make newer users feel unwelcome and discourage them from posting. If you don't want to read their posts then just don't read them, instead of trying to push the posters away.

[Veronica]

I'm not going to install a toolbar just to post on forums either. The ignore user option is nice and handy if that bothers you.

Thank you. Your advice is greatly appreciated.

V.

[Irulan]

Pull up Word... why?

Google Spellcheck on the toolbar.

Poor grammar and spelling makes some writing hard to comprehend.

V.

Mozilla Firefox has a built in spell checker. Really now ladies, illiterate posts here are pretty much a non-issue. Or so I thought.

[Trek420]

Mozilla Firefox has a built in spell checker.

So I thought, until I ran my last review past Knott. There's no built in punctuation reminder. Maybe that's only on Vista.

It's so nice to have an English major in the house. Well, not in the house till two weeks from now.

I don't ignore poor spelling and grammar from TE'ers. I may read those less often but won't put on ignore. The level of literacy here is amazing. Most of of our TE'ers who I know to live in non-English speaking countries write in English very well. Thank you all for that.

And writing to me is thinking or indicates how we think. We're one smrt thoughtful group!