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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 9/6/2008 2:52:00 AM   
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I dissagree with you pdv99. A persons spelling has nothing to do with their level of education.


or their/they're/there abilty to/too/two find employment as an English teacher

thank the Lord for small mercies

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 9/6/2008 2:58:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		It truly doesn't (have anything to do with the person's education level).  Although I happen to be the best speller I know and I have a Master's Degree, I know many with higher degrees than mine that can't spell for shit.  Of course, it drives me bonkers, but that's my cross to bear.

I don't know about other places in the US, but in Chicago, teachers hesitate to correct spelling.  They are afraid it will interfere with the child's "creative flow" to see too many red marks on his or her paper.  I completely disagree with that line of thinking, but again...my cross to bear or is it bare?  And the US educational system has that whole "no child left behind" crapola, but don't even get me started on that!

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 9/6/2008 6:55:19 PM   
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These careless, thoughtless and downright disrespectful signals do however attract the possibility of wondrous punishment: how many lashes, licks per spelling error, what dire response to a wicked lack of grammatical rectitude? Mistress Rubyjoy imagines a number of hopeful harries rushing to concoct error-strewn applications as this is read...... ...dream on ......She can discern such fakery. A return to the old classroom favourites: standing in the corner, writing lines, and a spot of caring caning is advised...... on your knees.......of course........ and where is the apple?

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 9/6/2008 9:07:44 PM   
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ORIGINAL: pdv99

However, I do take the quality of writing as an indicator of someone's personality and level of education - and that can attract or repel (LOL - not "detract").

Peter


He Who Must be Obeyed has multiple degrees, all in math and engineering. And cannot spell for shit. He uses spellcheck and grammar check and me to turn his thoughts into coherent letters to clients.

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 9/6/2008 10:33:34 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: pdv99

However, I do take the quality of writing as an indicator of someone's personality and level of education - and that can attract or repel (LOL - not "detract").

Peter


He Who Must be Obeyed has multiple degrees, all in math and engineering. And cannot spell for shit. He uses spellcheck and grammar check and me to turn his thoughts into coherent letters to clients.


TheEngineer also cannot spell for shit. nor can he write in a manner that strings the words together in a pleasing way.  i adore his messy self despite it.  intelligence isnt the problem, the man dropped out of high school at 16, got his GED a year later, went to college and doesnt have his PhD only because his mentor kept changing his doctorate thesis.....because HE was going to look stupid if TheEngineer had finished what he was working on.  see, he found and poked large holes in previous thesis' the man had approved.  after the 3rd change, beloved told him to *ahem* go pound salt.  he has a Master's degree, and a good job now.

Daddy....uses netspeak, multiple written shortcuts, leaves off final "e's" till i'd like to reach through the monitor and smack him at times.  but i dont, i love him.  his personality came through despite his non-command of the language, and he won me over.

sometimes its seeing past the way a person communicates to who the person is.  i'm definitely better off from knowing these 2 wonderful men.

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 9/7/2008 5:42:34 AM   
TheEvilBstardsMo


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Status: offline 		Grammar and spelling use to mean a lot to me with regard to someone's profile and emails.  I met someone awhile ago who had perfect grammar and a well-written profile.  The 'meet' did not go well; he was absolutely nothing like what he wrote.  In fact, by the time that I got home, he deleted his profile.  (Maybe I scared him?)  I learned not to be so judgmental and one can lose wonderful opportunities by dismissing someone.

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 9/7/2008 9:45:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		My new rule in dealing with email from Doms:
 
If you type like an illiterate, especially in your profile, no amount of claiming to be a 'college graduate' etc. will suffice.
 
Either you just don't give a damn, wrote me while under the influence, or are truly illiterate.  How often in your 'real life' have you forgotten your own f**king name begins with a capital letter?
 
If it quacks like a duck, and all that.
 
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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 9/7/2008 7:04:56 PM   
DesFIP


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Status: offline 		Oh yeah, he also has huge hands, wears a 2X glove. Typing is a major pain because of that, he hits more than one key at a time and since he has better things to do than hold a pencil and hit the keys with the eraser - well that's another reason I serve as scribe, executive assistant, what have you.

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 9/13/2008 4:54:06 PM   
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These careless, thoughtless and downright disrespectful signals do however attract the possibility of wondrous punishment: how many lashes, licks per spelling error, what dire response to a wicked lack of grammatical rectitude? Mistress Rubyjoy imagines a number of hopeful harries rushing to concoct error-strewn applications as this is read...... ...dream on ......She can discern such fakery. A return to the old classroom favourites: standing in the corner, writing lines, and a spot of caring caning is advised...... on your knees.......of course........ and where is the apple?

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 9/13/2008 5:28:01 PM   
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ORIGINAL: tightropes

I suspect this question has been asked before so I apologize for posing it again (as I haven't seen it).

Do other submissives feel as I do that a Domme whose profile is replete with spelling errors and/or grammatical mistakes doesn't warrant my interest?  What amuses me most are profiles that contain mistakes but warn that poor writing will count against the respondent.  In this age of spell checkers and the like, is there any excuse?  For me, poor spelling or grammar detracts from my ability to fully respect, let alone submit, to the writer.

Do any others concur or do you think my attitude is nothing but a symptom of OCD or an attempt to top from the bottom and that attitude trumps appropriate writing anytime.

Thanks for your thoughts.



IMHO, the only time it bothers me if the writer of the profile is trying to entice me with his/her "intelligence"!

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 9/13/2008 6:42:55 PM   
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ORIGINAL: tightropes

I suspect this question has been asked before so I apologize for posing it again (as I haven't seen it).

Do other submissives feel as I do that a Domme whose profile is replete with spelling errors and/or grammatical mistakes doesn't warrant my interest?  What amuses me most are profiles that contain mistakes but warn that poor writing will count against the respondent.  In this age of spell checkers and the like, is there any excuse?  For me, poor spelling or grammar detracts from my ability to fully respect, let alone submit, to the writer.

Do any others concur or do you think my attitude is nothing but a symptom of OCD or an attempt to top from the bottom and that attitude trumps appropriate writing anytime.

Thanks for your thoughts.



I don't judge based solely on poor spelling or grammar. Some people are just bad typists, or didn't have the privilege of receiving a decent education, or maybe English is their second language for all I know. I try to look at the attitude and  the person's action and go from there

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 9/13/2008 7:00:58 PM   
sunshinemiss


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Status: offline 		How many grammar threads can we have?

Who knows the difference between much and many?
any and some?
lie and lay?
farther and further?
when to use a semicolon instead of a colon?
when and while?
what is the purpose of the direct object in passive voice?
how long before I can have an orgasm... oh sorry, wrong thread.

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 9/14/2008 8:20:58 PM   
babygurlrides


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ORIGINAL: sunshinemiss

sunshine,
grammar goddess extraordinaire... on any continent.



Enuff said! 

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 9/15/2008 6:29:01 AM   
Dnomyar


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Status: offline 		Seeing as I work in numbers all day I wonder if I can write in numbers. That way the grammar police would be screwed.

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 9/15/2008 6:38:00 AM   
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ORIGINAL: sunshinemiss

how long before I can have an orgasm... oh sorry, wrong thread.




LMAO...

I dunno, I like reading about grammar impressions though. Hey, I used the word "dunno". Is this going to kill me?






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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 9/15/2008 6:48:30 AM   
PrincessJ77


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Status: offline 		I refuse to deal with anyone post puberty who insists on using 'cyber speak'.     I just had to deal with a man in his 50's who sent one run-on sentence with such poor grammar and spelling mistakes it hurt my brain.   Next one I will correct, grade and send it back.

Now I need to get back to work (I work in a school, btw...) 

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 10/22/2008 11:21:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		I understand what you are saying lol but me being the typo queen I am , I dont think I can judge someone by that...but! if you are going to make a profile and are trying to make an impact maybe you should go back and check for errors :)

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 10/22/2008 8:16:43 PM   
heartcream


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Status: offline 		I dont care if someone cannot spell or work out all the grammar points. Sometimes literate types contact me and they bore me tears with how in love they are with their own vocabulary. Yes, someone who writes well is hot but so can a man be who has spent almost no time with a pen or keyboard in his hand. I try and look around the corner to see who is there and if they can write, cool, if not but they are a cool person, I can deal with spelling mistakes and the like.

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 10/22/2008 10:50:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		quote]ORIGINAL: PrincessJ77

I refuse to deal with anyone post puberty who insists on using
'cyber speak'.     I just had to deal with a man in his 50's who sent one run-on sentence with such poor grammar and spelling mistakes it hurt my brain.   Next one I will correct, grade and send it back.

Now I need to get back to work (I work in a school, btw...) 
[/quote]


I can't believe I missed this the first time around. ha ha ha

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RE: Grammar and spelling? - 10/23/2008 7:58:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		A few spelling mistakes or typos don't bother me, but unintelligible gibberish does. As another poster noted, this is an online dating/personals site and so really the only thing we have to go on is (maybe) a photo and whatever the person has written about him/herself.

Since these are the sole grounds for first impressions, it's important to me that I doubly make the effort to be articulate and that my words are well-written. I looked for the same before I met Sir.

I'll join the "I hate netspeak!!" crowd. Oddly enough my mother, the original Grammar Nazi from hell, has no issue with it and uses it herself. This drives me batty. Perhaps this is why she does it!

*small voice* edited for subject/verb agreement....


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