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The above for perspective!
I agree that misspelled words detract from a post. But most times they are typos.
When I post an article that is technical I do check it by copying and pasting to Word and doing a spell check. I am an almost perfect speller. I am a lousy typist many times letting my mind outrun my fingers.
I do not make there, their, they're errors, or two, too, to, or due, do, or it's/its possesive errors, and no spell checker will catch those as they are spelled correctly.
I have been around forums for a long time, since they began, and before that when we only had BBS'.
I personally know many PhD's who can't spell worth a darn.
It isn't education. Or lack therof.
In professional publications, like newspapers and books I am disgusted by the lack of proof reading in the final "Spell checked" published versions.
People are paid to do that, and in that sense, I think that the fault is not the schools, but the manager of a person allowed to get away with poor editing professionally.
After all, they are getting paid!
However, I agree with all who said that the important thing here is content, and experience passed along, rather that feeling like we all are going to be criticised for spelling errors. One may spell it color, but across the pond, it is colour. I have seen a few Americans try to correct a brit for spelling something the way it should be, since they are the source of English, rather than the colonial way!
As well, I agree that it takes only a few seconds to select all/copy/paste in Word/do a spell check/select all/copy/delete all in the post/paste the spell checked copy back into the post.
Sure it won't catch common errors as I provided examples for above, but it will catch the majority.
But, again, I don't take offense, nor feel superior when I encounter a poorly spelled post.
Let's remember that Einstein flunked math in grade school, and was considered a "slow" learner in his early years.
Perspective? Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
I'm 54, and those Phd's etc, that can't spell went to the same tough schools, Universities, and Graduate schools I did.
I don't do Calculus, they don't spell. We all do typos!
Sorry but not all of us are as educated as we need to be or you think we should be I just hope that someone who may be a little bit self consiouse? about their spelling or the way they use our mother tongue wont post a rely to something or ask a question because they are unsure of their spelling I have just one thing for those who feel offended by bad spelling GET OVER IT and move on
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