Spelling errors in posts.

There is no excuse, what-so-ever, for spelling errors in your post. Get the Google tool bar, or one of the other free spell checker plug-ins for your favourite browser and use them before you post. To do otherwise is laziness, and laziness is a valid reason for ignoring the content of your post.Ultimately, message board's are a means of communication; if you can't be bothered to try and communicate with me as clearly as possible I don't see why I should try and deal with your arguments as well as I can.And just, FYI, I'm Dyslexic. I have good reasons for not being able to spell well, yet I can manage to post without spelling errors nearly all the time - if I can do it, you sure as hell can.

Actually, RiverRat, favourite is the correct English spelling, it is only in US English that the u is dropped - just as in colour and armour. Really it should be whatsoever as one word but Hyphenating what-so-ever is an also accepted alternative usage when emphasis is desired. Sorry. But capitalising Hyphenating is wrong.In any case, you are clearly missing the point. A misspelling or two isn't a problem; frequent misspelling and (worse) grammatical errors make it harder to understand what you are saying. Not bothering to put effort into it is rude because you are then expecting others to put in extra effort to understand your post. Taht is ture but you msut udenntsard taht it is mroe dlicfifut to ursnndtaed a magsese if you dn'ot slepl it correctly. It's possible to figure out what you mean, sure, but it takes longer to understand your post and we can be less sure that the meaning we take from it is correct.Ultimately you should care about your spelling and grammar because if you don't it is a) rude and b) less likely that you will communicate your point clearly. Communicating just through text is difficult enough because we lack the many non-verbal clues that allow us to extract meaning in a normal conversation, refusing to pay attention to your spelling and grammar simply aggravates the problem.This message has been edited by Mr Jack, 02-03-2006 09:19 AMThis message has been edited by Mr Jack, 02-03-2006 09:22 AM

Just so long as you remember to use capitals and proper punctuation in your suicide note.