yugrac Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 My god have none of you ever hit a button by mistake when posting something and not caught it until you pressed post? On a post about fishing maps a guy called wayne T who I assume is a teacher from his post, misspelled "device" [spelling it devise] no one jumped all over him. At least the kid is interested in fishing instead of bath salts and glue. 3
dave Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Years ago (I was the 105 member at the end of 2005) a year before Long Mike took the mantel, this used to come up a lot. Lot's of grammar and spelling stuff and lots of guys defending the poor grammar and spelling. One in particular was TIN. (long gone from BR) Then one day, after a semester in college, he came on and apologized. He said that when he got to college, he absolutely sucked at writing and his grades were suffering because of it. He said that everyone here that had busted his balls about it was ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. It DOES matter out in the world. Get it right now and make it a habit to ALWAYS want to speak and write correctly. 1
paul. Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Follow procedures! You went rouge and now look at us - having it out in the comments section! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaTCLIFcX5E
plumworm Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 I am a long, long way from high school (50 years) however, I had a 9th. grade English teacher that forced me to spell, and punctuate properly. I have edited 3 books for a very close friend and when they went to press, none of my editing was questioned. I read 50-100 books a year and am really unimpressed with the quality of editing today. There is no reason for a 4th.- 5th.- 6th. grade student to not be able to spell at their grade level unless the teaching is not up to where it should be or "common core" has taken over.
Super User *Hootie Posted February 23, 2015 Super User Posted February 23, 2015 Sorry, Wayne P. See how easy it is! There ya go. It happens to all of us. I just hope nobody notices "myne". There, put that in your hat and smoke it...lol. There may be underlying reasons for poor spelling. Anybody ever hear of "dyslexia"? Nah... more fun to accuse, condemn, and criticize. Hey yugrac,....is that car guy spelled backwards? Bad spellers of the world,...."UNTIE"! Hootie 2
Super User Lund Explorer Posted February 23, 2015 Super User Posted February 23, 2015 I am a long, long way from high school (50 years) however, I had a 9th. grade English teacher that forced me to spell, and punctuate properly. I have edited 3 books for a very close friend and when they went to press, none of my editing was questioned. I read 50-100 books a year and am really unimpressed with the quality of editing today. There is no reason for a 4th.- 5th.- 6th. grade student to not be able to spell at their grade level unless the teaching is not up to where it should be or "common core" has taken over. Many years ago I was asked by the "sports writer" of our local small town fish wrapper (AKA Newspaper) to send in a weekly fishing report. I agreed to do so, but didn't realize at the time that this report would go under his byline and that I wouldn't receive any credit for it. The reports always included tournament results from our local bass club, reports from the local bait shops, and other interesting news regarding the current state of fishing in our local area. Once a month, I would also write an additional report highlighting the accomplishments of a local fisherman. In short, I always endeavored to make sure that these reports helped draw attention to the anglers and businesses that supported them, and to give them the credit they deserved. For a while, it kind of bothered me that my efforts were being credited to another person. That was right up to the day that I happened to run into the wife of one of the men I had written a profile on at the start of my so-called anonymous career. "That was a great report you wrote for this week's edition." she told me. When I asked her how she knew that I was the author, her answer floored me. "Everyone I know can tell when you've written the fishing report" was her reply, "All the words are spelled correctly!"
Kevin Beachy Posted February 23, 2015 Author Posted February 23, 2015 Okay, all i did was happened to hit a wrong key -btw, i notice lots of misspelled words all over the place on the forum, so, if i see one, shall i make 3 pages out of it just telling the person how to act? 3
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted February 23, 2015 Global Moderator Posted February 23, 2015 I think we're done here. LOCKDOWN!!
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