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RE: Can written presentation discredit a person? - 12/7/2006 3:35:13 AM

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There was a time when i had to work with mechanical engineers and chemists. One thing i discovered was that more often than not they had some difficulty with spelling and grammar. i figure it's a right-brain v left-brain thing and learned not to judge intelligence or credibility by written communication alone. i have been stood up by very eloquent writers and have met fabulous people who can't spell the word 'maybe' Credibility, in my opinion describes actions more than text.

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RE: Can written presentation discredit a person? - 12/7/2006 3:56:49 AM

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ORIGINAL: MasterWilliam55

Yes daddysgirl, it made sense to me.

Thank you MW :)

The thing is, i had typed this once and then it magically disappeared when i went to post it. After trying to reconstruct it, it just didn't sound as good as the first one.....and i just couldn't seem to get the words back. But i was too annoyed by then to put any more effort into it. LOL

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RE: Can written presentation discredit a person? - 12/7/2006 4:46:01 AM

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I can't say that I actually VALUE anyones *words* here. Disregarding spelling/grammar; I take from people's posts whatever resonates, informs, amuses or interests me.

I don't give serious consideration to anything in a forum as I simply don't care enough.

I suppose if someone posted a continual stream of nastiness and petty sniping, I'd find it a bit tedious, but not contradiction or clarity......those things can be cleared up by asking questions.

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RE: Can written presentation discredit a person? - 12/7/2006 5:41:11 AM

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In terms of quality of writing, I am not expecting formal written English. Although a text medium, we tend to write without much editing, in many ways as we would have spoken if we were face to face.

In terms of grammar and typos, a person who writes so well that he doesn't have any errors is probably a person who makes a living with words. Editor, journalist, marketing etc. Fine and good but I don't do well with men like that. I prefer educated men with blue collar hands. As a result, when I was looking I skipped over the men who wrote in perfect English. The man I'm with has multiple degrees, all in math and engineering. One service I do for him is proofread.

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RE: Can written presentation discredit a person? - 12/7/2006 7:04:01 AM

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Many engineers and technicial people are not illiterate or grammatically challenged.

I know I are not.

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There was a time when i had to work with mechanical engineers and chemists. One thing i discovered was that more often than not they had some difficulty with spelling and grammar. i figure it's a right-brain v left-brain thing and learned not to judge intelligence or credibility by written communication alone. i have been stood up by very eloquent writers and have met fabulous people who can't spell the word 'maybe' Credibility, in my opinion describes actions more than text.

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RE: Can written presentation discredit a person? - 12/7/2006 2:06:09 PM

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Personally, I don't make a whole lot of the sort of inconsistency excerpted in the op. For the most part, only a robot can be perfectly consistent and anyone who has more than two thoughts to rub together will find that some of those thoughts contradict each other. Sometimes these inconsistencies can be sorted out on further thought/discussion and sometimes they are simply part of the poster's mental/emotional equipment. I'm sure if someone did a critical review of my forum posts, they would find lots of logical problems with what I say.

As far as grammar, spelling, awkward writing and stuff like that, if it interferes with my ability to understand a post, I'll probably skip the post.

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RE: Can written presentation discredit a person? - 12/7/2006 3:16:23 PM

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Do you value the words of those folks who cannot express themselves clearly (clarity in train of thought not grammar and/or spelling)?

No not really (if I am being completely honest). I really don't bother to read posts if people can't somewhat coherently explain what they mean. Some of the absolutely bizarre posts I see on here (in terms of grammar, spelling and sentence construction) make me literally laugh.

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Do you give serious consideration to the thoughts of people who often contradict themselves?

Not really. I do think that people evolve and change, but outright contradictions aren't really something I'm going to spend a lot of time or energy on (which is why I was amazed at the energy put out by people in the thread you quoted).

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RE: Can written presentation discredit a person? - 12/7/2006 3:41:26 PM

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I take extra effort to see that my spelling and grammer are good ( sometimes I come close, sometimes I miss

) When I read another persons posts or profile, I always am turned off by spelling and grammer errors. Granted, there are several who post on the boards who I know have difficulties, and I try hard to understand; yet, it's still a trial sometimes to comprehend what they are saying.

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RE: Can written presentation discredit a person? - 12/7/2006 3:51:22 PM

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i don't see the contradictions....

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RE: Can written presentation discredit a person? - 12/7/2006 6:51:53 PM

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I flail around trying for good spelling and punctuation just kills me. Some people are good at it, some aren’t. I have no clue as to why it’s always been such a difficult struggle with me. All the punctuation rules just don’t stick in my brain cells. I’m more inclined to be a bit more lenient because of this though. If I’m posting to a thread, I’ve read all the comments. I even try to make sense of and understand one poster here, who is a very difficult read, to say the least. I also enjoy the humorous posts. It’s always good to laugh.

As far as contradictions go, let me take the time to point out, on the green tea info I posted awhile back, in which I stated that it was decaffeinated was totally incorrect. It’s caffeinated unless it states decaffeinated on the label. < hanging head in shame > Here I have all this useless info on tea running around in my head and I get this simplest of simple thing wrong.

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RE: Can written presentation discredit a person? - 12/7/2006 8:40:30 PM

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Thank you to everyone who posted with comments.

For those of you who jumped on me a bit about misspellings, poor grammar etc please note that I originally stated: "Do you value the words of those folks who cannot express themselves clearly (clarity in train of thought not grammar and/or spelling)?" and then stated: "Poor grammar and obvious misspellings squick me out but I can usually decipher the thoughts."

After reading, re-reading, re-reading, spell checking, re-reading, cleaning up the example passages I originally quoted and re-reading I can now see that there is not much inconsistency. Unfortunately the lack of clarity in the original passages was very confusing to me

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RE: Can written presentation discredit a person? - 12/8/2006 7:40:30 AM

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ORIGINAL: agirl

I can't say that I actually VALUE anyones *words* here. Disregarding spelling/grammar; I take from people's posts whatever resonates, informs, amuses or interests me.

*falls over snickering* Well put!

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