(March 19, 2016 at 9:54 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:(March 19, 2016 at 7:39 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Dude, I don't get paid a dime for this. I understand what you are saying, and I do try to correct myself more than you think. Believe me, if I had a job and a staff, I'd have the best speller in the world checking my work.Just having fun. It's easy to make mistakes when touch typing and when you're in a hurry. But we can't afford to get into bad habits because we might end up making them in business or legal correspondence and that will be very costly. The good news is that I read every word you write so you have at least one loyal reader.
I am not disagreeing with you as much as you think. YES spelling is important. But I am also not going to commit suicide over it either. I would never dream of writing a book or writing for a job without someone checking my work who was a perfect speller.
I really do look at that red line and respond to it. But even with that there are things that can have similar spellings. I had no clue that mien and mein are both correct. Just like there and their are both correct. And I cannot tell you how many times I have gone back and noticed an obvious mistake and hit edit to fix it.
Twitter is horrible as far as fostering good spelling. You find yourself many times reading tweets using "U" instead of "you" and "R" instead of "are". I get it. Nobody should want a uneducated society. But like I said, in an informal setting as a mere member and not the owner of the page, you can rightfully point out an error without becoming a Nazi.
